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.



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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. :)





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Alphen aan de Rijn 9:19 Man en vrouw

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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.

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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 18:19 Xavier & Diamond

18:17 Xavier on the ledge.
18:19 Diamond arrives.
18:25 Xavier leaves.



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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 16:38 Vim leaves the box

16:38 Vim leaves the box.

Vim’s second departure



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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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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 Sound video from Cilla Kinross

Vim, king of the box



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Orange NSW 8:33 Diamond with prey

8:33 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 23 nov 6:29 Vim on the ledge

6:29 Vim on the ledge.



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Orange NSW 23 nov 5:34 Vim doing morning exercises

5:34 Vim doing morning exercises.
6:00 Shadow on the wall.



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