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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