Orange NSW 13:11 Diamond & Xavier

13:11 Diamond on the ledge, Xavier in the box . Time of arrival unknown.
13:17 Xavier leaves.



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dinsdag 29 november 2016

Orange NSW Trio regrouped in dead roost tree

Published 29 November, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross

After being conspicuous by their absence during CSU Green’s ‘inspection’ today, I found our family back in their dead tree this evening. I had to walk down as I didn’t have the 4WD and I was very conscious of a very cross Diamond who followed me down, so I didn’t go too close (hence not that great photos).

Nice to see Vim having a meal of his own; in fact, he took it to his sister and shared it.


Vim with prey


Vim calling


Vim sharing with his sister (Mell?)

And here is the other sister (Rubi?) looking very aloof, a little higher in the tree.


Rubi perhaps, looking very cool and aloof

And a couple of landscape shots, showing the tower and a yellow box tree near the dead roost tree (Eucalyptus melliodora after which Mell was named)


Water tower from near roost tree


Tall yellow box, probably over 300 years old

Signing off

Cilla

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Orange NSW 20:19 Diamond & Xavier

20:14-20:19 ? Diamond arrives.
20:19 Xavier arrives.
20:25 Xavier leaves.



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maandag 28 november 2016

Orange NSW 8:50 Xavier with prey

8:50 Xavier arrives with prey.
8:52 Diamond flies by.
8:58 Xavier leaves with prey.



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zondag 27 november 2016

Orange NSW 20:32 Xavier and Diamond

20:24 Xavier arrives on the ledge.
20:32 Diamond arrives.
20:35 Xavier leaves.



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zaterdag 26 november 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 11:35 Juveniel in de kast

Vanaf de buitencam in de kast. Laat steentje vallen op het rooster, je zal er maar net onder lopen. :)





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Orange NSW 6:11 Xavier with small prey

6:11 Xavier arrives with a small prey.
6:45 No Diamond, Xavier eats the prey.
6:52 Xavier leaves.



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vrijdag 25 november 2016

Orange NSW All three together finally

All three together finally

Published 25 November, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross

Diamond and Xavier on the tower have an amazing view of the landscape. After a fruitless search of the park below the water tower, I wondered if they had decamped to the group of trees the trio last year used, and I was right! So quite a few hundred metres away, but still under paternal gaze.


Three blobs in a tree. Vim higher up as usual


And a bit closer


Mell and Rubi, close sisters


Vim in his superior position

And I thought you might want to see what THEY see. You can just see the top of the tower over the trees.


View back to the trees and the tower

This is actually a better spot for the youngsters to learn to fly and hunt as there is less chance of accidents due to the open nature of the paddock. There are a few other trees around (live), but it’s grazing country mainly….and this is where their main prey lives.

Have a great weekend.

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Orange NSW Family hunting picnic?

Published 25 November, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross

The box has been partially empty this morning, although Xavier has been dashing in and out, at one time bringing food. He sat and waited for nearly half an hour before giving up and leaving with the grisly lump.

Yesterday afternoon I spent some time searching for the youngsters, my every move watched carefully Diamond


Diamond keeping a wary eye on me

I found both our young females cruising through the woods, seeming quite at home with short, but competent flights. At one time a couple of red wattle birds (large honeyeaters) landed nearby, but she obviously doesn’t recognise them as food as yet. We also noticed a galah wing under the youngster’s roost area, but couldn’t find much else in the very long grass.


Young female, catching the wind


Other female, Rubi ?? whining

No sign of Vim yesterday, but Tiffany saw a youngster trying to land on the concrete slope just below the top of the tower this morning, so that could well have been him.

We went out and had a look just now (3 pm local time), but there was no sign of anyone, so we wondered if they had gone on a family outing, Hunting 101, perhaps. First lesson: your food is alive, bird-shaped and on the wing, not provided by Mum for much longer.

I might see them on my way home this evening.

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Orange NSW 7:13 Xavier with prey

7:13 Xavier arrives with prey, waiting for Diamond.
7:41 Xavier leaves with prey.



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Orange NSW 10:48 Vim still in the box

10:48 Xavier flies by.
11:38 Vim is flapping wings.
13:00 Flapping again.



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woensdag 23 november 2016

Orange NSW 24 nov 7:34 Diamond with prey

5:47 Vim flapping wings.
7:34 Xavier flies by, Diamond arrives with prey.
8:07 Diamond leaves with leftovers.



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Orange NSW 20:15 Diamond returns

20:15 Diamond returns, starts eating leftovers.



Cilla says: 23 November, 2016 at 11:41 pm

I found both girls on my walk tonight, and they were in the same tree….in fact Mell had hardly moved.

I had a late meeting, so haven’t done the photos, but it was nice being able to get them both in the same shot, although the light wasn’t the best due to the drizzle.

I don’t think they have much to fear from predators now they are off the ground (where there certainly are both cats and foxes). None of our local owls or frogmouths are likely candidates, being quite small and taking mostly mice, moths etc. We don’t have the large owls this close to town.

Flying accidents when learning to hunt are on the cards, however, so fingers crossed. And when they are on their own, they often resort to road kill, where they are once again vulnerable.

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Orange NSW 17:19 Diamond with prey

17:18 Xavier flies by.
17:19 Diamond arrives with prey.
17:20 Diamond & Vim eat prey.
17:23 Diamond leaves.
17:24 Xavier arrives and leaves.



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Orange NSW Both girls found safe and well

Published 22 November, 2016 By Cilla Kinross

With Vim still sitting up in the box, I started driving down to where I last saw Rubi and half way there I spotted her (or Mell, I’m not going to try and tell them apart) on a fence post.


Rubi (?) on fence

As I watched, she took off and flew around the woods and into a tall pine. I left the car and found her in the pines, but my photos are poor. Then she took off again and flew back to the main wood.


Not much of a photo either, but evidence of good flight.


So I walked through the wood and found a female juvenile half-way up a eucalypt on a branch. I suspected Mell as I thought Rubi had flown further towards the box.



So I got myself into a spot where I could see both Mell and Vim and waited. About half an hour later, I heard a third juvenile calling and finally found Rubi again, even higher in a tree.


Female no. 2 found at last



So at one time I could see four peregrines in one sweeping glance. Only one missing was Xavier, presumably chasing those pesky galahs. Hopefully I’ll see a feed another time.

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Orange NSW 15:46 Vim meets Xavier

15:06 Xavier flies by.
15:46 Vim meets Xavier.
18:26 Vim eats leftovers.



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maandag 21 november 2016

Orange NSW 10:10 Vim gets prey in the box

10:10 Vim returns in the nestbox for the first time!
10:13 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 10:10 Juvie in the box

10:10 One of the juveniles returns in the nestbox for the first time!
10:13 Diamond arrives with prey.

Video will follow later.

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Orange NSW Pictures from Cilla Kinross

Two out of three
Published 21 November, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross

On the weekend, a friend and I had a good look around the campus for newly fledged young.

The female that I placed in the tree (which I think is Mell) was still there, having moved a little along the branch.


Juvenile female in roost tree

And after much searching, we eventually found Vim high up in a very tall eucalpt (a viminalis, no less) deep in the foliage.


Vim in the trees

He looks a lot darker, almost hobby-like, but it might be a trick of the light as I didn’t notice anything while in the box.

Diamond was on the tower and gave us several warnings to leave the area by doing fly-overs and she clearly knew where both babies were. Xavier was in the box.

We tried in vain to find Rubi, without luck. But I wouldn’t be concerned. One year, one chick went missing for nine days before finally turning up. Who knows what they get up to? I’m confident the parents know, however.

The forecast storms on Saturday and Sunday evening have not materialised, but there is a chance of rain today, which will be a surprise for them, having been mollycoddled in their box all their short lives.

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zondag 20 november 2016

Orange NSW 9:33 Xavier in the box

9:33 Xavier arrives.
9:50 Xavier leaves.
10:37 Xavier arrives.
10:44 Xavier leaves.



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zaterdag 19 november 2016

Orange NSW 20 nov 5:28 Diamond leaves

5:27 Xavier flies by.
5:28 Diamond leaves.
5:28 Xavier arrives.
5:40 Xavier leaves.
5:55 Xavier arrives.
6:00 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 19 nov 7:39 Xavier & Diamond

7:39 Xavier arrives.
7:40 Xavier leaves.
7:40 Xavier arrives.
7:43 Diamond arrives with prey, she starts eating it.
7:44 Xavier leaves.
7:47 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 19 nov 5:28 Xavier in the box

5:28 Xavier arrives.
5:30 Xavier leaves.
5:36 Xavier arrives.
5:38 Xavier leaves.
5:43 Xavier arrives and leaves.
5:43 Xavier arrives.
5:44 Xavier leaves.
5:45 Xavier arrives.
5:47 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW Pictures of Cilla Kinross

There are people who can't access the site of the FalconCam Project, so I've copied the images to my server.



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Orange NSW 14:10 Mell fledges

14:10 Mell is leaving the nestbox in an elegant way.



Cilla Kinross says:
18 November, 2016 at 2:26 pm

And she’s off. I’ve just spotted her on the ground at the base of the tower, so I’ll go out and keep an eye on her for a bit as there are construction workers near by. IF I can catch her, I’ll put
her in a tree.

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Orange NSW 10:27 Prey 1 & 2

10:27 Diamond arrives with prey.
11:21 Diamond arrives with prey.
11:21 Xavier hops in and out.



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Orange NSW 14:47 Diamond with prey

12:12 Flapping wings.
13:37 More flapping.
14:47 Xavier flies by, Diamond arrives with prey.
18:12 Who is passing by?



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Orange NSW 17 nov 7:25 Diamond with prey

7:24 Xavier pops in and out.
7:25 Diamond arrives with prey.
7:25 Xavier touches the ledge.



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Orange NSW 17 nov 6:14 Vim fledges

6:14 Vim fledges in an elegant way. He is flying over the trees!.
6:22 Xavier hops in and out.



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Orange NSW 11:08 First one fledged

It seems that the first one fledged.

Between 11:08:15 and 11:08:27, just between 2 recording-sessions, so I don't have the video.

But Cilla has.

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Orange NSW 8:07 Xavier flies by

8:07 Xavier flies by.
It is now 13:25, Diamond has left early, but didn't bring a prey until now.



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maandag 14 november 2016

Orange NSW 17:25 Prey 3

17:13 Xavier the hoverman, flies again.
17:25 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 15:24 Prey 2

15:24 Diamond arrives with prey.
15:29 Xavier is teasing the juvies to fly.



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zondag 13 november 2016

Orange NSW 14 nov 6:35 Strange event

6:34 Xavier flies by.
6:34 Diamond arrives and leaves.
6:35 Diamond arrives, strange meeting with a juvenile in the box.
6:37 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 19:47 Prey 4

19:47 Diamond arrives with prey.
19:50 Diamond eats prey.
19:52 Diamond feeds the chicks.



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Orange NSW 18:41 Prey 3

18:40 Xavier flies by several times.
18:41 Diamond arrives with prey.
18:41 Xavier pops in and out.



Sound video from Cilla Kinross



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Orange NSW 13:16 Prey 2

13:15 Xavier touches the ledge.
13:16 Diamond arrives with prey.



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zaterdag 12 november 2016

Orange NSW 14:10 Prey 3

14:10 Diamond arrives with prey and leaves.
14:15 Xavier pops in and out.
14:22 Diamond arrives.
14:23 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 15:16 Prey 3

15:16 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
15:17 Diamond leaves.
15:25 Xavier flies by.
15:48 Xavier arrives and leaves.



Sound video from Cilla Kinross



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Orange NSW 11:47 Prey 2

11:47 Xavier arrives , Diamond follows with prey starts feeding.
11:54 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 7:43 Vim on the ledge

7:31 Xavier flies by several times.
7:43 Vim going on the ledge for the first time.
8:00 No video on both cams for an hour.



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Orange NSW 15:58 Prey 3

15:58 Diamond arrives with prey.
15:59 Diamond leaves.
16:00 Xavier arrives, time of leaving unknown .
16:00 Server reboot, no more nestvideo.
16:11 Diamond arrives and leaves.
16:26 Diamond arrives, Xavier flies by. Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 13:15 Flappping wings

13:15 One chick is flappping wings.
13:17 The lying chick is chased.
13:18 But she is taking revenge.



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dinsdag 8 november 2016

Orange NSW 9 nov 6:53 Prey 1

5:30 Diamond leaves.
6:53 Diamond arrives with prey.
6:54 Xavier arrives and leaves.



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Orange NSW 19:39 Diamond returns

19:39 Diamond returns without prey, she left at 12:40. The chicks are begging for food.
19:40 Xavier flies by.



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Orange NSW 5:33 Xavier & flapping wings

5:33 Xavier is waking up Diamond.
5:34 Diamond leaves, Xavier touches the ledge.
5:34 Chicks flapping wings.
9:57 Xavier touches the ledge.



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maandag 7 november 2016

Orange NSW 19:33 Prey 5

A long video, 1 hour 34 minutes.

19:33 Diamond arrives with a large prey, the chicks take it.
19:49 Diamond feeds the rest of the prey.



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Orange NSW 12:27 Prey 4

12:27 Diamond arrives with prey 4. The chick who got nothing from the previous prey, is taking it.



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Orange NSW 11:32 Prey 3

11:32 Diamond arrives with prey 3, one chick is taking it.
11:43 Two chicks are eating, the youngest eats nothing.



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Orange NSW 8:56 Diamond with 2 preys

8:56 Diamond arrives with prey, the chicks take it.
9:03 Diamond arrives with a second prey, she leaves.



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Orange NSW 18:22 Feeding 3

14:11 Xavier arrives.
14:12 Xavier leaves.
16:28 Flapping wings.
18:22 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
18:46 Diamond leaves.
18:46 Xavier arrives on the ledge.
18:47 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 10:01 Feeding 2

8:10 Xavier arrives and leaves.
10:01 Diamond arrives with a large prey starts a long feeding.
10:02 Xavier touches the ledge.
10:10 Xavier touches the ledge.
10:50 End of feeding, all crops are crammed.



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zaterdag 5 november 2016

Orange NSW 6 nov 7:24 Feeding 1

7:24 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
7:28 Diamond leaves, Xavier arrives and leaves.



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Orange NSW 18:25 Xavier and feeding leftovers

18:25 Xavier arrives.
19:00 Xavier leaves.
19:48 Diamond arrives.
19:49 Diamond starts feeding leftovers.
20:03 Diamond to the ledge.



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Orange NSW 17:41 Feeding 4

17:41 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
17:46 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 13:43 Feeding 3

13:19 Chicks flapping wings.
13:43 Diamond arrives with a large prey starts feeding.

I have not seen Xavier today.



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vrijdag 4 november 2016

Orange NSW 19:40 Feeding 6

19:40 Diamond arrives with prey, one chick is taking it.
19:58 Diamond feeds leftovers.



Sound video from Cilla Kinross



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Orange NSW 15:26 Feeding 5

15:26 Diamond arrives with a larger prey starts feeding.
15:52 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 12:40 Feeding 4

12:40 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
12:42 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 10:28 Feeding 3

10:28 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
10:32 Diamond leaves.



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donderdag 3 november 2016

Orange NSW 4 nov 8:30 Feeding 2

8:15 Xavier arrives and leaves.
8:30 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
8:33 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 19:14 Feeding 6

19:14 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
19:17 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 19:00 Feeding 5

17:42 More flapping.
18:44 Diamond arrives with prey, the chicks take it and fight for it.
18:45 Diamond leaves.
18:46 Xavier flies by several times.
19:00 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
19:04 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 11:40 Feeding 3_4

11:40 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
11:45 Diamond leaves.
11:50 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
11:56 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 9:59 Feeding 2

9:59 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
10:01 Diamond leaves.



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woensdag 2 november 2016

Orange NSW 3 nov 8:30 Feeding 1

5:51 Diamond leaves.
5:52 Xavier arrives.
5:53 Xavier leaves.
8:29 Xavier arrives and leaves.
8:30 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.



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Orange NSW 19:22 Feeding 9

19:00 Xavier arrives.
19:01 Xavier leaves.
19:04 Xavier arrives.
19:05 Xavier leaves.
19:22 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.



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Orange NSW 15:37 Feeding 6/7

Only one cam, more to be complete, than for quality.
15:09 Xavier arrives and leaves.
15:37 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
17:02 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.



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Orange NSW 12:49 Feeding 5

12:49 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
12:57 Chicks flapping wings.



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Orange NSW 12:18 Feeding 4

12:18 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
12:27 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 11:08 Feeding 3

11:08 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
11:12 Diamond in the wrong place.
11:15 Diamond leaves, just in time.



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dinsdag 1 november 2016

Orange NSW 2 nov 7:39 Feeding 1

7:04 Xavier arrives.
7:05 Xavier leaves.
7:39 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
7:44 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 2 nov 6:01 Diamond with prey

5:58 Diamond leaves.
6:01 Diamond arrives with prey, one chick is taking it.
6:06 Diamond leaves.
6:18 Xavier arrives.
6:19 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 19:45 Feeding 10

19:41 Diamond arrives with prey on the ledge, Xavier arrives.
19:43 Diamond goes to Xavier with the prey.
19:45 Diamond starts feeding, but the chicks have had enough.
19:48 Diamond leaves with prey.
19:49 Xavier leaves.

Today 10 feedings plus the bonus prey they have eaten themselves.



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Orange NSW 19:21 Feeding 9

19:04 Xavier arrives.
19:08 Xavier leaves.
19:21 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
19:30 Diamond leaves.
19:32 Xavier arrives.
19:35 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 18:36 Xavier pops in twice

18:36 Xavier arrives.
18:40 Xavier leaves.
18:53 Xavier arrives.
19:02 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 18:22 Feeding 8

18:22 Xavier flies by again, Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
18:26 Diamond leaves.



2 video's from Cilla Kinross with sound.





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Orange NSW 18:06 Feeding 7

18:06 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
18:09 Diamond leaves.
18:11 Xavier flies by.
18:22 Xavier flies by again, Diamond arrives with prey...



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Orange NSW 13:11 Feeding 5

13:11 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding, only one chick is feeded.



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Orange NSW 12:19 Feeding 4

12:19 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
12:25 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 11:53 Feeding 3

11:53 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
11:56 Diamond leaves.
11:56 Xavier arrives and leaves.



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