CAMERA: Peregrine falcons have made their home year after year on the 15th floor of the Rachel Carson State office building in downtown Harrisburg. Cameras watch the document the birds and right now, their babies.

There’s even a Falcon Wire news service that web goers can subscribe to, with updates on our feathered friends.

This, from June 11: “It is difficult to believe that it has been less than a week since the five young falcons began their first flights. One by one as they fledged, each has spent a day or two struggling to master the basics of winged flight. Last evening and again this morning, they treated volunteers and city spectators to a dazzling demonstration of how well they are enjoying each other while learning critical skills. The juvies are playing chase and tag, practicing stoops, flying singly and in pairs, and more.

“For the next week or two, these types of displays will become quite common, particularly in the evening as the young falcons gain strength and hone their flight skills. Within the next day or so, 85/AK will initiate prey transfer exercises to acclimate the juvies to chasing and catching prey on the wing. While it may look like pure play, it is deadly serious for the juvies. Their survival depends on mastery of the ‘games’ that prepare them for their departure from the Rachel Carson State Office Building later this summer when they will explore the world and seek out their own territory.”

While their “Falcon Flight School” is underway, a series of volunteers is keeping watch to assist any little birdies that might land on the ground. The cameras can be accessed on the Pennsylvania DEP web page.