MN / Elk River - 2008-22

[Elaine L]

You know, I think this is the only falcon cam on our Forum that is still awaiting fledging.  I am grateful we still have this excellent cam and a falcon family to watch, for a little while yet!

[Leana]

I am really enjoying watching these guys! 3 of the 4 are almost always sitting and looking out.  There is always one asleep (in fact at one point I thought there were only 3 left and I was wondering what happened!).  They are at that gawky cute tween age.  Feathers and fluff combined.  And it sure is tight quarters in that nestbox.  When one stretches its wings everyone else has to get out of the way.  Oh look!  There are 4 of them sitting up now!     Must be snack time soon!

[Ellie]

Just checked into this site after about a week and couldn't believe how they have grown.  Tweenies!!  Still have the puffaloons though.  Sure won't be long now before they are out on the rungs and away. Will still have a few days of young'uns before they fly.

[susha]

These guys are so cute.  Four hungry, hot little chicks.  Parent must've arrived off camera, lots of squawking by all of them, then parent must have flown off or just sat with nothing to offer - three stopped squawking and one just kept on going.  Very funny and soooo cute

One just keeps on yacking - must be one of the females

[susha]

When Mom just arrived, and the chicks talked to her a bit (so nice to hear baby squawking again) I could've sworn that one of the chick's squawks ended with a bit of a squonk

I think that the mic has a tendency to distort sounds (there's an intermittent sound now, a high-pitched sound, that I've heard before on this site)

Just happened again, a chick squawking, ending in a squonk

[bcbird]

No, they are really not too active or vocal in the heat tonight.
It looks like the web has a not quite dead fly that intermittently appears.

[susha]

Poor wee hot birdies!!   This is what happens, I suppose with such a late hatch!  They should be flying by now.

(No "squonking" tonight )

[Leana]

That is a whole lot of birdie in that nestbox!

[Elaine L]

I hope it is cooling off for these four:  it is awful to be crowded in a nestbox when it is so hot, I am sure.  It does look a little cooler now, and there seems to be a breeze.  Those black feathers are sure coming in; we should see them out on the rung pretty soon.

[birdcamfan]

Didn't someone comment on the squonking last year or the year before. Maybe it's in the genes..or there is something weird about their microphone?

[bcbird]

Tonight it truly is more like Quack, Quack! as in who put a mallard in this nest box?  

Perhaps they installed a duck lure whistle to the next box at the banding.

[The Peregrine Chick]

For some strange reason, Elk River seems to have falcons that "squonk"! 

It's pretty cute and funny, actually! 

ha .. i was watching Elk River and kept hearing a squonk and wasn't sure if it was them .. or some near by other bird ...

Squonk? Squonk?  This I have got to hear ...

[msdolittle]

For some strange reason, Elk River seems to have falcons that "squonk"! 

It's pretty cute and funny, actually! 

ha .. i was watching Elk River and kept hearing a squonk and wasn't sure if it was them .. or some near by other bird ...

[Leana]

My goodness that is one full nest box!  Have they ever grown in the past 2 days when they were "out of sight"!  They'll hardly have room to turn around in another week (of course by then they'll be perched on the edge).  So great to see chicks again!  

[Kinderchick]

For some strange reason, Elk River seems to have falcons that "squonk"!...

You're right, allikat, they do! LOL!