Orange NSW 14:39 AEST

14:43 Diamond leaves.
15:39 Xavier arrives.
15:40 Xavier leaves.
17:01 Diamond returns with prey and feeds the chicks.




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Orange NSW 13:35: AEST

13:36 Diamond leaves.
13:37 Xavier arrives.
13:38 Xavier leaves.
13:48 Xavier arrives.
13:49 Xavier leaves.
13:55 Diamond returns.
14:27 Diamond doing housekeeping.



14:43 Diamond leaves the box.

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Orange NSW 10:59 AEST

10:59 Diamond leaves.
11:00 Xavier arrives.
11:16 Diamond returns with prey and starts feeding.
11:39 Diamond going to the ledge.




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Orange NSW 7:18 AEST

7:18 Diamond going to the ledge.
7:32 Xavier arrives in the box.
7:33 Diamond departs, Xavier too.
7:39 Diamond returns without prey.
7:51 Diamond departs.
8:11 Xavier in the box.
8:24 Diamond returns without prey.
8:31 Diamond going to the ledge.
9:00 Diamond going to the ledge.
9:21 Diamond waiting for Xavier with a prey.
9:35 Diamond going to the ledge.
9.37 Diamond leaves the box.
9.38 Diamond returns. Xavier is behind her with a prey (?) but doesn't enter the box.
9:42 Diamond going to the ledge calling Xavier.
9:43 Xavier passes outside, Diamond to the ledge.




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Orange NSW 5:57 AEST

5:57 Xavier arrives.
5:59 Diamond leaves
6:00 Xavier leaves.
6:01 Diamond returns with a small prey and feeds the chicks.




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Alphen aan de Rijn 18:06

Moeder en zoon.



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Orange NSW 18:26 AEST

18:26 Xavier in the box.
18:28 Xavier departs.
18:29 Diamond returns with prey and starts feeding the chicks.




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Orange NSW 18:03 AEST

18:03 Xavier arrives.
18:07 Xavier leaves.




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Orange NSW 16:40 AEST

16:44 Diamond leaves the box.
16:45 Xavier arrives.
16:47 Xavier leaves.
17:02 Xavier arrives.
17:03 Xavier leaves.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 12:28

12:28 Man gaat in de kast.
14:56 Man gaat uit de kast.



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Orange NSW 15:07 AEST

15:07 Diamond eating stones.
15:19 Diamond going to the ledge.
15:23 Diamond leaves the box.
15:24 Xavier arrives.
15:26 Xavier departs.
15:31 Diamond returns with prey and feeds the chicks.




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Orange NSW 13:53 AEST

13:53 Xavier in the box. 13:59 Xavier departs.



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Orange NSW 12:15 AEST

12:15 Diamond leaves the box.
12:16 Xavier in the box.
12:20 Diamond returns.
12:32 Diamond to the ledge.
12:51 Diamond to the ledge.
13:06 Diamond leaves the box.
13:07 Xavier in the box.
13:08 Xavier leaves with a prey rest.
13:17 Diamond returns with a prey and starts feeding. She has been away for 11 minutes, there must be a stash.
13:26 Diamond stops feeding. At first she wants to store the prey in the box, but then leaves the box with prey.
13:29 Diamond returns.




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Orange NSW 11:26 AEST

Xavier in the box, Diamond leaving and returning several times.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 7:39

Vroege vogel.



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Orange NSW 9:36 AEST

Man in the box, making courtship. Diamond goes out the box, returns with a small prey, feeding it to the chicks.



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Orange NSW 8:50 AEST

Man brings prey!!! Now the chicks will make it.



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Orange NSW 8 oct 8:17 AEST

Diamond feeds the rest of the prey.



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Orange NSW 8 oct 7:18 AEST

Diamond leaves the box to eat.



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Orange NSW 8 oct 6:49 AEST

Man arrives when she is feeding.



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Orange NSW 8 oct 6:31 AEST

Diamond returns with prey and starts feeding.



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Orange NSW 8 oct 6:17 AEST

The new man is flying around, Diamond calls him, and then leaves the box.



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Orange NSW 8 oct 5:49 AEST

New man in the box.



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Orange NSW 19:38 AEST

Man in the box.



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Orange NSW 18:10 AEST

Diamond leaves, man visits the box, Diamond returns.



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Orange NSW 17:42 AEST

Diamond leaves the box. New man arrives first in the box. Diamond returns, they make courtship. Diamond leaves the box again, followed by the man.



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Orange NSW 16:55 AEST

New male is back.



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Orange NSW 16:22 AEST

Diamond leaves the box, and returns after 2 minutes. She is followed by her new male. She shows the chicks and when he leaves the box, he takes some prey with him.



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New adult male is accepted
Published 7 October, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross

My, this is a very interesting journey and still all three chicks are alive and well. Early this morning another peregrine few past. I couldn’t be sure which one this was. I also walked in
the trees this afternoon and heard a falcon calling, but couldn’t find the bird to identify the gender.

Diamond made an excellent kill this morning – apparently, a sulphur-crested cockatoo (possibly a corella), but a large prey item. I see this as revenge for all those parties (almost orgies) that
the cockies have held in the box over the years:). She had to leave the chicks for nearly three hours, but it is much warmer today fortunately.

At noon she backed into the box calling as if she was expecting a visitor, but he didn’t materialise.

Then after a quiet afternoon, another male came into the box. This was an adult, but I think probably younger than Bula. Diamond tolerated his presence (I suspect they have already met outside
the box), even when he cheekily took a morsel of prey before leaving.

She even left him alone with the chicks for a short time, although he didn’t approach them. Then there was some fairly serious courtship behaviour, so this does look really hopeful (providing he
minds his manners and brings food, rather than expecting hand-outs!). Look at the chicks ….don’t they look hopeful, too!

Poor Diamond is suffering a succession of suitors that haven’t quite figured out how to make themselves really welcome as long term partners! But isn’t it interesting how many other peregrines
are around. You would never know it. But he’ll get the message, I think.

Orange NSW 14:31 AEST

Next feeding. Will there be a another hunt today?



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Orange NSW 12:16 AEST

Diamond is calling, leaves the box, returns 10 minutes later, and starts feeding the chicks at 13:18.



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Orange NSW 11:26 AEST

Diamond starts feeding the chicks at 11:40.



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Orange NSW 9:55 AEST

After 2 hours and 46 minutes Diamond returns with a prey. Yesterday she needed 1 hour 28 min for the hunt.



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Orange NSW 7 oct 6:53 AEST

Leaving the box at 7:09. The last part is 10 times delayed.



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Orange NSW 7 oct 6:01 AEST

Breakfast for the 3 chicks, they look good.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 15:41

Man gaat in de kast, maar wordt achtervolgd door zoonlief.



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Orange NSW 18:26 AEST

Next feeding of all the chicks.



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Juvenile male and three chicks

Published 6 October, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross

Yes, you are right. The third egg hatched at about 0306 h last night, so Diamond now has three mouths to feed, which she is still doing, amazingly.

At a quarter to six this evening, she brought in some prey, already prepared. I suspect she hunted for this last prey herself as she was away over an hour, but something odd happened at lunch time
today, when Diamond chased our new male out and then came back with a scrap of prey just three and a half minutes later. I can’t work this out as it would have taken much more time than that to
hunt, kill, pluck and mostly eat this prey. Perhaps she is so desperate that she’s taken road kill. Or perhaps he had something in a cache and gave it to her (that’s what I’m hoping).

The other male is quite young; I think only 1 year old as he still has juvenile plumage. (I’m toying with Xavier, not because it means anything, but because it sounds like Saviour in English, but
is less pompous, but he’ll need to prove himself first!). He doesn’t seem to realise that she wants him to bring prey to the box….

The reaction between Diamond and ‘himself’ has been interesting. She has basically tolerated him unless he came into the box to start courtship behaviour, and then she became aggressive.

All three chicks were still alive at time of writing and just being fed. And our new young chap hasn’t been seen since about half-past one.

Weather forecast is good for tomorrow and the weekend. I have landcare/conservation commitments tomorrow morning, Saturday morning and all day Sunday, so flat chat, but will do my best to keep you up-to-date, although you seem to be managing quite well without us!

Orange NSW 16:02 AEST

At 16:15 Diamond goes for a hunt, and returns after 1 hour and 28 minutes with a prey. She feeds the chicks, but not the youngest one.



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Orange NSW 12:48 AEST

The new man is back.



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Orange NSW 10:04 AEST

The new man arrived at 10:04, he stayed several hours. At 12:30 Diamond chased him away. She left the box and returned with a small prey.



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Orange NSW 8:14 AEST

Diamond is not in a romantic mood.



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Orange NSW 7:51 AEST

The stranger is back.



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Orange NSW 6 oct 7:20 AEST

Second breakfast and a stranger in the nestbox.



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Orange NSW 6 oct 6:07 AEST

Eating and feeding 3 chicks.



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Orange NSW 6 oct 3:06 AEST

Diamond is putting an egg-shell in front of her. Did nr 3 just hatch, or is it an old shell?



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Alphen aan de Rijn 9:52

Man kort op het rooster.



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3rd chick Orange NSW 18:04 AEST

It appears to me that the 3rd chick escaped from the egg. At 18:28 it is visible, and there is an egg-shell visible.



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Orange NSW 15:36 AEST

Eating and feeding the chicks at 15.53



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Orange NSW 13:52 AEST

Diamond is going for a hunt. The chick in the 3rd egg is hatching, you can see the chick make the pip larger.



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Orange NSW 14:22 AEST

Diamond returns with prey at 14:50.



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Orange NSW 6:03 AEST

Feeding the chicks. At 7:42 she left the nestbox and returned after 1 minute without prey.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 18:21

Vader en zoon.



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Orange NSW Video's with sound

Video's with sound from Scott Banks:











Here’s hoping for hatching no.3 shortly too, but Diamond has a task on her hands now

Orange NSW 18:22 AEST

Diamond eating prey.



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Orange NSW 16:55 AEST

Next feeding. If she can continue in this way, there might be a chance for the chicks.



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Orange NSW 16:16 AEST

Feeding for the second time.



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Orange NSW 15:05 AEST

Eating and feeding at least one chick.



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Orange NSW 13:25 AEST

Diamond goes hunting and returns after almost an hour with a prey.



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Orange NSW 11:07 AEST

Diamond looking for prey.



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Orange NSW 8:12 AEST

Diamond being very restless.



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Orange NSW 4 oct 7:40 AEST

2 kuikens in beeld.



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2e kuiken Orange NSW 4 oct 7:17 AEST

Het 2e kuiken is er.



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1e kuiken Orange NSW 4 oct 2:40 AEST

Het 1e kuiken is er.



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Orange NSW 17:04 AEST

Diamond eats the prey stored in the box.



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Orange NSW 11:46 AEST

Diamond leaves the box and returns with a prey after 10 minutes. At 14:24 you can see a pip in the left egg.



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Orange NSW 9:32 AEST

Diamond leaves the eggs. No sign of Bula.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 17:56

Man op het rooster en in de kast.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 16:53

Juveniel in de wind.



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Orange NSW Bula missing?

Bula is missing?
Published 2 October, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross

I may be wrong, but I don’t think I’ve recorded a sighting of Bula since 1300 on 30th September ie Friday. This is not at all a good sign. As far as I can tell Diamond has not had a feed since then (over two days) and, coupled with the frenzied activity on the Thursday, when I suspected an intruder, and the eggs were only irregularly incubated, I fear the worst.

And I don’t think that it is a coincidence that the box was visited by a strange female today, a very large bird that was instantly chased away (definitely not Bula). I’d show you some stills, but the software is once again playing up. I’ll send them to Scott and see if he can upload the stills or a videos. I went around afterwards to see if I could see this bird again (or Bula) but all was quiet. It could be an offspring from previous year.

Bad weather (and we’ve had plenty of that) does often lead to reproductive failure and so these problems may stem from difficulty in procuring food (they can’t complain of their nest getting wet!). Or it may be that something has happened to Bula and he’s no longer able to hunt.

Anyway, let’s hope that I am wrong and that Bula (or another ‘suitable’ male) turns up again. It’s a pity she isn’t inclined to accept another female, but I don’t think peregrines are that progressive:). It’s also not unheard of for peregrines to raise a brood on their own, but very unusual and the poor weather (more expected tonight) is definitely not helping.

Fingers crossed.

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That means that my last observation, Bula returned, was wrong, although it seemed logical at first. I've checked my recordings of the last few days, but did not see Bula appearing.


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Orange NSW 2 oct 6:50 AEST

Diamond leaves the eggs, 7 minutes later Bula arrives to take over.



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Orange NSW 10:14 AEST

Diamond returns, but she leaves Bula on the eggs.



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Orange NSW 9:20 AEST

Bula komt met prooi.



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Orange NSW 5:50 AEST

Diamond komt Bula aflossen.



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Orange NSW 29 sep 11:14 AEST

Diamond has left the eggs at 10:09. She refuses to sit on the eggs, until she has eaten something. She constantly chases Bula away from the eggs. She returns on the eggs at 15:30.

10:09 Diamond leaves the eggs, Bula takes over.
11:14 Bula leaves.
11:22 Bula returns on the eggs.
11:27 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves. Diamond doesn't go on the eggs.
11:31 Diamond leaves.
11:44 Bula returns, wants to go on the eggs, but Diamond returns in the box, and Bula leaves the box.
11:50 Bula returns, Diamond arrives, Bula leaves.
11:54 Bula returns on the eggs.
11:56 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves.
12:20 Bula arrives, Diamond too, Bula leaves.
12:30 Bula returns on the eggs.
12:34 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves.
12:47 Bula returns, wants to go on the eggs, but Diamond returns in the box, and Bula leaves the box.
12:49 Bula returns on the eggs.
12:56 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves.
13:02 Bula returns, wants to go on the eggs, but Diamond returns in the box, and Bula leaves the box.
13:04 Bula returns on the eggs.
13:18 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves.
13:22 Bula returns on the eggs.
13:24 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves.
13:26 Bula returns on the eggs.
13:53 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves.
14:47 Bula returns on the eggs.
14:52 Diamond returns in the box, Bula leaves.
15:09 Bula returns on the eggs.
15:11 Diamond returns in the box, Bula stays.
15:24 Diamond returns in the box, cleaning her claws, she has eaten, Bula stays on the eggs.
15:30 Bula leaves, Diamond on the eggs.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 13:34

Juveniel verjaagt man.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 12:32

Juveniel verjaagt man.



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Orange NSW 10:09 AEST

Bula lost Diamond af.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 15:28

Man wordt door juveniel uit de kast gejaagd.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 14:23

Juveniel in beeld.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 10:34

En weer man in de kast, juveniel op het rooster.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 10:11

Man in de kast, juveniel op het rooster.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 17:57

De juveniel (man) jaagt de man uit de kast. Daarna komt de vrouw, die laat zich niet zomaar wegjagen.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 17:32

Man gaat de kast weer in.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 16:50

Om 12:26 ging de man de kast, 4 en een half uur later vertrekt hij weer.
Dan verschijnt er nog een juveniel in beeld. Ik dacht dat ze al waren vertrokken.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 11:38

Luidruchtige man op het rooster.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 7:14

2 valken in beeld.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 15:35

Lord of the flies.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 13:59

Man in de kast.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 12:32

Man kort op het rooster.



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Orange NSW 21 sep 7:56 AEST

Vrouw komt aflossen, maar het heeft even wat tijd nodig.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 20 sep 19:32

Luidruchtige man in de kast en op het rooster.



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Orange NSW 21 sep 6:09 AEST

Bula komt Diamond aflossen.



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Orange NSW 19 sep 18:16 AEST

Diamond returns. So my earlier observation, Bula was on the eggs for the night, was not right.



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Orange NSW 5:47 AEST

Bula vertrekt, na sinds gisteren 17:31 op de eieren te hebben gezeten. Diamond neemt het weer over.



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Orange NSW 17:19 AEST

Diamond vertrekt, Bula gaat op de eieren voor de komende nacht.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 18 sep 18:35

Eerst komt de man, en dan de vrouw in beeld. De juvenielen lijken vertrokken te zijn.



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Orange NSW 6:40 AEST

Man zit op de eieren. Vrouw komt in de kast, maar hij blijft zitten.



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Orange NSW 4:43 AEST

Vrouw gaat even van de eieren, maar komt spoedig weer terug. Om 6:22 komt de man aflossen.



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Orange NSW 15:30 AEST

Vrouw komt man aflossen.



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Orange NSW 7:17 AEST

Man gaat na prooioverdracht op de eieren.



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Orange NSW 16 sep 6:17 AEST

Vrouw gaat van de eieren en verlaat het hok. Tegelijkertijd komt de man met prooi, die hij haar achterna brengt. Daarna gaat hij op de eieren.



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