Diamond and Xavier now have their first egg of the 2021 Peregrine Falcon season in Orange, Australia. The time was 10:39:50 on 31 August. It is a Tuesday in Australia.
The latest Diamond has ever laid an egg was 31 August.
Oh, she must feel so much better. She went to sleep sitting up while the egg dries. Well done, Diamond.
Congratulations Diamond and Xavier. If you would like to join in the fun and wait for egg number 2, it should be here on 2 September. Here is the link to the streaming cam on the grounds of Charles Sturt University in Orange, Australia.
Thank you to the Falcon Cam Project, Charles Sturt University and Cilla Kinross for their streaming cam where I took these screen shots.
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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Thanks Mary Ann for the happy news!
Congratulations to Diamond and Xavier!
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You are so welcome. It is such a relief! She looked so uncomfortable for days!