GENERAL INFORMATION
This is a research project through Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales Australia, studying the diet and use of a nest box of a family of peregrines living in water tower since 2007. We now have nine years' worth of diet and seven years of behaviour data

The cams go right through the year and are in daily use. This cam is old and only used as a back up (black and white only).

OTHER VIEWS, NEWS and CHATS
There four cams, two with chats. CHAT is not available on this cam or ledge cam, but is on tower cam and box cam. All cams can be found on the FalconCam Youtube site: [ Ссылка ] News is on the box cam. As the URLs tend to change, you are better off booking marking the main portal site.

DONATIONS
All staff are voluntary, but the project has running costs. [ Ссылка ]...
(It looks like a purchase).

FURTHER INFORMATION
The birds have been observed using the tower since 2007, breeding in the box for past twelve years, with a maximum of three eggs and successful fledglings per season (averaging 1.5).

The parents' names are Diamond (female) and Xavier (smaller male). Diamond took over from the older Swift in 2015 and Xavier replaced Bula in 2016 (who in turn replaced our first male, Beau, in 2015). So Diamond is at least eight years old and Xavier seven. Xavier arrived just as the eggs were hatching and saved the season by providing for Diamond and her three chicks. The male is one third smaller than the female, has fewer spots on the chest and has brighter yellow-orange talons and beak.

The birds do not migrate and courtship rituals and some scrape (nest) building continues throughout the year, but intensifies, along with food bringing by the male, in July and August. Eggs are laid usually in late August, with chicks hatching in October and fledging in November. The youngsters often stay around as late as March being taught to hunt by their parents, and often visiting the nest in the tower, so there is much to watch even out of the main breeding season.

LINKS to OTHER INFORMATION
There is a new website and blog :

Blog link: [ Ссылка ]
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You might have to copy and paste these into your browser as there are no hyperlinks yet.

An independent US Facebook page exists, but is not regularly monitored for the accuracy of its information.

You can also contact the principal researcher Cilla Kinross on ckinross@csu.edu.au

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