BY LAURA ERICKSON

July 6, 2005: Hooray! All four babies were visible at the same time today. The adult male was in the box. Two females were across Superior Street on the roof of another building. In the top middle photo, you can see one female perched on the corner, the other taking a nap. Both preened and then hunkered down. There were parts of a pigeon to the right of the resting falcon--I suspect they both had very full stomachs. One young female was on the hotel, above and to the left of the box (upper right photo). The young male was first on the corner of the old Masonic temple, and then walked along the ledge (lower middle and right photos). The only member of the family I didn't see was the adult female. What a relief that the little family is all doing okay.

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