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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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.

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Alphen aan de Rijn 10:28 Man in de kast

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Orange NSW 15:46 Vim meets Xavier

15:06 Xavier flies by.
15:46 Vim meets Xavier.
18:26 Vim eats leftovers.



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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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Orange NSW 9:33 Xavier in the box

9:33 Xavier arrives.
9:50 Xavier leaves.
10:37 Xavier arrives.
10:44 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 20 nov 5:28 Diamond leaves

5:27 Xavier flies by.
5:28 Diamond leaves.
5:28 Xavier arrives.
5:40 Xavier leaves.
5:55 Xavier arrives.
6:00 Xavier leaves.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 8:23 Man in de kast

8:23 Op het rooster.
9:17 In de kast.



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Orange NSW 19:25 Xavier & Diamond

19:15 Xavier arrives.
19:25 Diamond arrives.
19:39 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 19 nov 8:44 Xavier in the box

8:44 Xavier arrives.
8:48 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 19 nov 7:39 Xavier & Diamond

7:39 Xavier arrives.
7:40 Xavier leaves.
7:40 Xavier arrives.
7:43 Diamond arrives with prey, she starts eating it.
7:44 Xavier leaves.
7:47 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 19 nov 5:28 Xavier in the box

5:28 Xavier arrives.
5:30 Xavier leaves.
5:36 Xavier arrives.
5:38 Xavier leaves.
5:43 Xavier arrives and leaves.
5:43 Xavier arrives.
5:44 Xavier leaves.
5:45 Xavier arrives.
5:47 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW Pictures of Cilla Kinross

There are people who can't access the site of the FalconCam Project, so I've copied the images to my server.

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Orange NSW 18:18 Diamond with prey

18:18 Diamond with prey.



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Orange NSW Mell fledging sound video from Cilla Kinross

Vim and Mell located



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Orange NSW 14:45 Xavier saves the prey

14:45 Xavier saves the prey.



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Orange NSW 14:10 Mell fledges

14:10 Mell is leaving the nestbox in an elegant way.



Cilla Kinross says:
18 November, 2016 at 2:26 pm

And she’s off. I’ve just spotted her on the ground at the base of the tower, so I’ll go out and keep an eye on her for a bit as there are construction workers near by. IF I can catch her, I’ll put
her in a tree.

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Orange NSW 13:36 Xavier activates Mell

13:36 Xavier flies by, activating Mell.



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Orange NSW 10:27 Prey 1 & 2

10:27 Diamond arrives with prey.
11:21 Diamond arrives with prey.
11:21 Xavier hops in and out.



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Orange NSW 18 nov 4:56 Mell & Diamond

4:57 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 20:19 Diamond returns

20:19 Diamond returns.



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Orange NSW 14:47 Diamond with prey

12:12 Flapping wings.
13:37 More flapping.
14:47 Xavier flies by, Diamond arrives with prey.
18:12 Who is passing by?



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Orange NSW Vim spotted

vim-spotted





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Orange NSW 17 nov Fledging sound video from Cilla Kinross

no-2-male-vim-departs



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Orange NSW 17 nov 7:25 Diamond with prey

7:24 Xavier pops in and out.
7:25 Diamond arrives with prey.
7:25 Xavier touches the ledge.



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Orange NSW 17 nov 6:14 Vim fledges

6:14 Vim fledges in an elegant way. He is flying over the trees!.
6:22 Xavier hops in and out.



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Orange NSW 12:45 Ready to go

12:45 The 2 remaining juvies seems ready to go.



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Orange NSW Fledging sound video from Cilla Kinross

first-flight



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Orange NSW 11:08 Before first one fledges

10:23 Xavier flies by
11:08 First one fledges (no video).



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Orange NSW 11:08 First one fledged

It seems that the first one fledged.

Between 11:08:15 and 11:08:27, just between 2 recording-sessions, so I don't have the video.

But Cilla has.

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Orange NSW 16 nov 5:15 Diamond leaves

5:15 Diamond leaves.
5:16 Xavier flies by.



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Orange NSW 16 nov 7:01 Vim almost gone

6:35 Vim is stepping over the ledge.
7:01 Vim almost gone by accident.



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Orange NSW 17:24 Prey 2

17:24 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 14:48 Prey 1

14:48 Diamond arrives with prey.



examples-of-hungry-feisty-behaviour



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Orange NSW Sound video from Cilla Kinross

Trio at dawn



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Orange NSW 8:07 Xavier flies by

8:07 Xavier flies by.
It is now 13:25, Diamond has left early, but didn't bring a prey until now.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 14:04 Juveniel op bezoek

Op 1 november was er voor het laatst een juveniel te zien.



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Orange NSW 18:14 Hoverman again

18:14 Xavier shows up again.
20:25 Diamond returns.



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Orange NSW 17:25 Prey 3

17:13 Xavier the hoverman, flies again.
17:25 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 15:24 Prey 2

15:24 Diamond arrives with prey.
15:29 Xavier is teasing the juvies to fly.



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Orange NSW Sound video from Cilla Kinross

young-sensibly-stay-indoors



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Orange NSW 15:29 Xavier teasing

15:29 Xavier is teasing the juvies to fly.



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Orange NSW 10:51 Prey 1

10:51 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 14 nov 6:35 Strange event

6:34 Xavier flies by.
6:34 Diamond arrives and leaves.
6:35 Diamond arrives, strange meeting with a juvenile in the box.
6:37 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 14 nov 5:39 Diamond leaves

5:39 Diamond leaves.
5:40 Xavier flies by 3 times.



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Orange NSW 19:47 Prey 4

19:47 Diamond arrives with prey.
19:50 Diamond eats prey.
19:52 Diamond feeds the chicks.



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Orange NSW 18:41 Prey 3

18:40 Xavier flies by several times.
18:41 Diamond arrives with prey.
18:41 Xavier pops in and out.



Sound video from Cilla Kinross



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Orange NSW 13:16 Prey 2

13:15 Xavier touches the ledge.
13:16 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 10:43 Diamond arrives and leaves

10:43 Diamond arrives and leaves.



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Orange NSW 8:29 Prey 1

8:29 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 5:11 Diamond leaves

5:11 Diamond leaves.
5:33 Xavier pops in and out.



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Orange NSW 19:50 Diamond returns

19:50 Diamond returns.
20:07 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW Sound video from Cilla Kinross

Sound video from Cilla Kinross



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Alphen aan de Rijn 13:43 Man in de kast

Eerst luidruchtig in de kast, dan om 14:23 nog een keer stilletjes.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 7:48 Man op het rooster

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Orange NSW 14:10 Prey 3

14:10 Diamond arrives with prey and leaves.
14:15 Xavier pops in and out.
14:22 Diamond arrives.
14:23 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 11:17 In balance

11:17 One of the female juveniles is showing she is in balance.



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Orange NSW 11 nov 23:51 Diamond returns

23:51 Diamond returns late, she arrives with full speed in a Xavier way.



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Orange NSW 9:19 Prey 2

9:19 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 8:57 Prey 1

8:57 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 19:02 Prey 4

19:02 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 17:28 Prey 3

17:28 Diamond arrives with prey, Xavier pops in and out.



Sound video from Cilla Kinross



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Orange NSW 14:08 Vim flapping wings

14:08 Vim flapping wings.



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Orange NSW 11:34 Prey 2

11:34 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 11 nov 8:28 Prey 1

8:28 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 19:12 Prey 4

19:12 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 15:16 Prey 3

15:16 Diamond arrives with prey starts feeding.
15:17 Diamond leaves.
15:25 Xavier flies by.
15:48 Xavier arrives and leaves.



Sound video from Cilla Kinross



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Orange NSW 11:47 Prey 2

11:47 Xavier arrives , Diamond follows with prey starts feeding.
11:54 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 9:18 Prey 1

9:18 Diamond arrives with prey.



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Orange NSW 7:43 Vim on the ledge

7:31 Xavier flies by several times.
7:43 Vim going on the ledge for the first time.
8:00 No video on both cams for an hour.



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Orange NSW 10 nov 5:32 Diamond leaves

5:32 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 15:58 Prey 3

15:58 Diamond arrives with prey.
15:59 Diamond leaves.
16:00 Xavier arrives, time of leaving unknown .
16:00 Server reboot, no more nestvideo.
16:11 Diamond arrives and leaves.
16:26 Diamond arrives, Xavier flies by. Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 13:15 Flappping wings

13:15 One chick is flappping wings.
13:17 The lying chick is chased.
13:18 But she is taking revenge.



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Orange NSW 12:47 Vim flappping wings

12:47 The male juvenile Vim is flappping wings (no nestvideo).



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Orange NSW 10:13 Prey 2

9:06 Xavier flies by.
10:13 Diamond arrives with prey.



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