Alphen aan de Rijn 16:55 Man

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Orange NSW 20:35 Xavier & Diamond

20:35 Xavier on the ledge, Diamond arrives.
20:38 Xavier leaves.



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Cilla Kinross says:
14 December, 2016 at 5:35 pm

Apologies for lack of updates. I’ve had a busy week & week-end and am still trying to catch up and should be able to do a summary on Friday (have to go to Dubbo tomorrow to try and prevent reductions to the environmental flows of our main river, Murray Darling).

I’ve looked every day for youngsters without success, but I’m confident they are doing fine, just difficult to find! Some storms and rain showers are forecast for the next few days.

Orange NSW 8:54 Xavier & Diamond

8:53 Xavier on the ledge.
8:54 Diamond arrives.
9:00 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 14 Dec 5:13 Diamond & Xavier

5:09 Diamond on the ledge.
5:13 Xavier arrives.
5:14 Diamond leaves.



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Orange NSW 14 Dec 0:43 Diamond arrives

0:43 Diamond arrives, strange landing.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Orange NSW 7:34 Xavier with prey

5:21 Xavier arrives, Diamond was not in the box last night.
5:37 Xavier leaves.
7:34 Xavier arrives with prey.
7:42 Xavier leaves with prey.



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Alphen aan de Rijn 8:10 Man & Vrouw

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Alphen aan de Rijn 8:10 Man & Vrouw

playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016

Orange NSW 10:15 Diamond & Xavier having good times

10:06 Diamond on the ledge.
10:15 Xavier arrives.
10:38 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 19:46 Xavier & Diamond

19:14 Xavier on the ledge.
19:23 Xavier leaves.
19:42 Xavier arrives.
19:43 Xavier leaves.
19:44 Xavier arrives.
19:45 Xavier leaves, Diamond follows him outside.
19:46 Xavier arrives, Diamond arrives.
19:49 Xavier leaves.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 8:08 Juveniel

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De Mortel 8:28 Valk in de kast

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Orange NSW 19:54 Xavier & Diamond

A lot of freeze in the ledge-video.
19:14 Xavier arrives.
19:54 Diamond arrives.
19:55 Xavier leaves.
21:41 A lot of wind, Diamond goes into the box.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Alphen aan de Rijn 8:15 Juveniel

playlist Slechtvalken Alphen aan de Rijn 2016

Orange NSW 8 Dec 5:07 Diamond & Xavier

5:06 Diamond on the ledge.
5:07 Xavier arrives.
5:09 Diamond leaves.
5:32 Xavier leaves.
5:33 Xavier arrives.
5:45 Xavier leaves.



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Orange NSW 16:05 Cilla Kinross cleans the box

16:05 Cilla Kinross cleans the box and puts new stones in.
19:34 Xavier on the ledge, Diamond flies by.
19:51 Xavier leaves and returns.
19:53 Xavier leaves.
20:08 Diamond arrives.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Orange NSW Pere juveniles 1 kestrels 2

Published 7 December, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross Pere juveniles 1 kestrels 2

On Friday evening I found a lone juvenile (probably Vim) on their dead tree; no sign of the others.


Juvenile snoozing in late afternoon sun





Nearby was a pair of Australian (=Nankeen) Kestrels, so I amused myself trying to photograph them (no sign of juveniles, alas)


Cheeky kestrels hunting near peregrine roost tree



I also got better photo of the yellow box (Eucalyptus melliodora) one of Australia’s most beautiful trees (in my mind, at least) and excellent honey trees.


yellow box near roost tree



I haven’t had a chance to get back out there until today, but couldn’t find any trace of them, although Xavier is visiting regularly to the box and Diamond is there overnight. And there are occasions when they get together. Here Xavier is preparing a scrape (which is gone now as I cleaned the box today, so he might get a bit of surprise when he gets back).


Xavier getting ready for next year (a bit early!)





I’ll go out again this evening and see if I can find them. I don’t think they will have gone yet. Juveniles are usually around for a month at least. I think they have just moved to another tree, perhaps a bit further away. Diamond is away all day, so appears to be much of the supervision.

I’ll also go back up and do a better job of cleaning the cameras!

playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Orange NSW 7 dec 5:18 Diamond & Xavier

5:12 Diamond on the ledge.
5:18 Xavier arrives, Diamond leaves.
5:21 Xavier leaves and returns.
5:34 Xavier leaves.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

Orange NSW 19:48 Xavier & Diamond

19:43 Xavier arrives.
19:48 Diamond arrives.
19:54 Xavier leaves.



playlist Falcon Peregrines Orange NSW 2016

De Mortel 8:03 Man en vrouw

playlist Slechtvalken/Falcon Peregrines De Mortel 2016