Ecco and 4 “kids” watch as Carla arrives with food, 27 April 2026, 3:30pm (photo from the National Aviary falconcam at Univ of Pittsburgh)

28 April 2026

Yesterday afternoon the fourth and last egg hatched at the Pitt peregrine nest high atop the Cathedral of Learning. It’s emergence was evident at 1:05pm when Carla pulled the eggshell out from under her.

4th eggshell appears at Pitt peregrine nest, 27 April 2026, 1:05pm

Twenty minutes later we could see the fourth chick drying to the left of the other three chicks during a feeding.

Carla feeds the three oldest chicks while the fourth one dries, 27 April 2026, 1:26pm

At the 5:30pm feeding it was hard to see all four at once. Here’s the best I could find –> three heads and the fourth’s back. The smallest head is the newest chick.

Carla feeds four chicks, 27 April 2026, 5:26pm

This Day in a Minute timelapse video shows their activities yesterday from 7am to 7pm. Carla spent most of the time brooding. Notice that in the morning her back was hunched as she waited for #4 to hatch.

Watch this family of six on the National Aviary falconcam at the University of Pittsburgh.