Alphen aan de Rijn 12:24 Juveniel

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Alphen aan de Rijn 16:03 Juveniel & man

Voor de 3e keer vandaag.



playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 15:29 Juveniel & man

playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016

Orange NSW 13:11 Diamond & Xavier

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



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 9:57 Juveniel & man

9:57 Mannelijke juveniel (BPU) achtervolgt de man.



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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.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 7:40 Valk op het rooster

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Orange NSW 8:50 Xavier with prey

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



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 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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Orange NSW 14:21 Xavier with prey

14:21 Xavier arrives with prey.
14:38 Xavier leaves with prey.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 8:10 Valk in de kast

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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

Alphen aan de Rijn 9:19 Man en vrouw

playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 7:48 Man in de kast

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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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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

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

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

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