Other Peregrine Projects > Australian Peregrines
NSW - Charles Sturt University - 2015 / Bula & Diamond
Alison:
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The big girl is Tumbler, the medium sized girl is Walga, and the very petite male is named Tardy.
So far, no updates on Tardy since he fledged, and nothing official yet on the second fledge.
The Peregrine Chick:
Love the chicks' names! ;D
Alison:
Now only one of the girls is still in the nest:
Alison:
One of the two girls has now fledged. Early in the morning the two girls, Tumbler and Walga, were both in the nest.
Alison:
The little male has fledged, apparently successfully. Stay safe, little one.
From Scott Banks:
At about 1.29pm (local AEDT) the first of the fledgings succeeded. For a few minutes beforehand there was unrest and anticipation in the Concrete Hilton but then, with one of the adults looping around the tower the first chick bolted, in a very attractive soaring flight up and around to the left before joining up with the parent and disappearing off our cameras. We’ve just taken a walk around campus in that entire direction for about an hour and couldn’t find any sign of peregrines in the trees or around the grounds (there are now sheep in the paddock just over left where the grapes used to be), which is probably a good thing – the magic of flight probably took over and the young’un is still at altitude! In saying that we returned to check on the tower, only to be berated by an adult on top of the tower, just above the remaining kids. No doubt soon we’ll see them all back together again when it comes time for feeding. There is no concern just yet – the weather is absolutely perfect for fledging (cloudy, but totally calm) and there are no hazards spotted in the vicinity. Carparks and public areas were checked with no signs so far.
In the meantime the other two chicks are raring and ready to go too, almost bang on estimates of about 39-40 days.
Video of the first fledge, from the site:
https://youtu.be/H1fqf90zgZA
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