And here is egg #2. Don't say it's easy!!

Still there.

I'm still watching for the elusive Mr. Falcon but haven't had any luck yet. I did catch her rolling her eggs today though.

I've been watching and managed to get the tail end of a shift change, literally. His tail feathers were leaving the screen when I went to get a pic. Gonna have to keep watching. She sure is a beauty.

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She seems to be very alert and aware today. Maybe getting close to hatch time?

A bit more information from the CSU website...

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Some time in the middle of 2007 we noticed that a pair of peregrine falcons, relatively rare around the Central West of New South Wales, were interested in using Charles Sturt University’s Orange campus as a hunting ground. Ian Grange, a member of staff, suggested we mount a roosting box high up in the water tower, on the south window to encourage the raptors to hang around. They took to the box very quickly and no end of carnage was brought in to consume.

Two IP cameras were located (i.e. borrowed) and mounted – one inside the box above the floor and the other one up high overlooking the ledge and their flight approach.

Since then we’ve been receiving brilliant close-up footage and experiences from our new acquaintances with every intention of making our coverage and data available to the world. We’ve come to know the adult pair well now and consider them a part of campus. Not often anyone can get this close to such amazing raptors!

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I just checked to see if there has been a hatch yet. With the cam on IR and the time showing 3:30 AM, she seems to still be sitting on eggs. Beau is not raised up or "squatting" like she would if there was a chick up under there... ...and so we wait.

She finally got up so I could get a good look and there is only 1 egg now. When did that happen? I wonder what the cut off date is when we'll know this one isn't going to hatch?

I thought I had seen a dent in one of the eggs on Saturday, but shrugged it off as a lighting issue. So sad to see Beau down to one egg. That one should be hatching now.

Post to the CSU Falcon Project Page...

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An uncertain future
Published 1 October, 2013 | By Scott Banks

During video analysis today we located a piece of footage which appears to show a cracked third and final egg beneath Swift (video clip to go up soon…). We’re still monitoring but if this is indeed a cracked egg and not merely an early hatching then it will be the first observed season in the Project’s time frame where an entire clutch has failed.

If this is the case we will endeavour to enter the eyrie shortly and obtain any remaining samples of discarded egg to see if we can have the shell analysed for any weaknesses, toxins etc. At this stage we cannot rule out possible calcium or structural deficiencies which may be contributing to this situation. We can at least point to several clumsy moments in entering and leaving the eyrie by Beau (in particular)!...

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Welcome Ken! This is the last picture I was able to get around 2:00 PM local time.

Bummed about this nest. Nice to see you here though Ken!