playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016
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. :)
playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016
playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
6:45 No Diamond, Xavier eats the prey.
6:52 Xavier leaves.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
Orange NSW 18:19 Xavier & Diamond
18:17 Xavier on the ledge.
18:19 Diamond arrives.
18:25 Xavier leaves.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
18:19 Diamond arrives.
18:25 Xavier leaves.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
Orange NSW 7:13 Xavier with prey
7:13 Xavier arrives with prey, waiting for Diamond.
7:41 Xavier leaves with prey.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
7:41 Xavier leaves with prey.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
donderdag 24 november 2016
Orange NSW 10:48 Vim still in the box
10:48 Xavier flies by.
11:38 Vim is flapping wings.
13:00 Flapping again.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
11:38 Vim is flapping wings.
13:00 Flapping again.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
7:34 Xavier flies by, Diamond arrives with prey.
8:07 Diamond leaves with leftovers.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
17:19 Diamond arrives with prey.
17:20 Diamond & Vim eat prey.
17:23 Diamond leaves.
17:24 Xavier arrives and leaves.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
dinsdag 22 november 2016
Orange NSW 23 nov 5:34 Vim doing morning exercises
5:34 Vim doing morning exercises.
6:00 Shadow on the wall.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
6:00 Shadow on the wall.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
Orange NSW 15:46 Vim meets Xavier
15:06 Xavier flies by.
15:46 Vim meets Xavier.
18:26 Vim eats leftovers.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
15:46 Vim meets Xavier.
18:26 Vim eats leftovers.
playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016
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