Mom was in labour for about seven minutes. This is a short clip of the last minute. You can see how she is contracting.
The time was 10:20:11 on 29 August 2021.
Dad, you are going to be so busy!!!!
Oh, Dad, you are the cutest. Look at you incubating those three eggs just half an hour before the 4th arrives.
You can watch all of the action in Melbourne here:
If this is the last egg to be laid, Mom and Dad will begin hard incubation.
Last year Mom and Dad at 367 Collins Street hatched three big females – triplets born within a single hour. They all fledged. Poor Dad. He was mobbed by them when he brought prey.
Congratulations Collins Street Peregrine Falcons. We can’t wait.
Thanks for joining me on this quick announcement. I am soooooo excited. I love this falcon family and you will, too.
Thanks to 367 Collins Street by Mirvac for their streaming cam where I took my screen shots and video clips.
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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It is exciting. I looked today thinking those four big eggs would be hard to keep under the little male but he is doing a great job! Excited about hatch!
Congratulations to them!❤️❤️🐣
It is exciting. I looked today thinking those four big eggs would be hard to keep under the little male but he is doing a great job! Excited about hatch!