maandag 21 november 2016

Orange NSW 22 nov 8:18 Diamond with prey

8:18 Diamond arrives with prey, she eats leftovers.
8:25 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 22 nov 7:55 Vim flapping wings

7:55 Vim is flapping wings.



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Orange NSW 22 nov 5:22 Vim wakes up

5:22 Vim wakes up.



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Orange NSW 19:59 Tug of war

19:59 Xavier wants tot take the prey from Vim, but he is defending it.



Vim returns home



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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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