1 October 2025
Hello Everyone,
She was one of my heroes. Her research on the emotions in animals, along with her publications and work with Marc Bekoff, had a profound influence on how I look at’ wildlife. This is a huge loss to the conservation community. Goodall was 91 years old.
The Guardian had a lovely article.
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/01/jane-goodall-world-renowned-primatologist-dies?CMP=share_btn_url
In the Australian and New Zealand nests:
Top Flat chick fledged from the Royal Albatross Centre on Taiaroa Head near Dunedin, New Zealand.
Diamond has laid her second egg at the Charles Sturt Falcon scrape in Orange, Australia. SK Hideaways caught it on video: https://youtu.be/_D6z7QcqpRE?
I am concerned that Gimbir is not bringing prey and Diamond is having to hunt for her food. She needs to be doing hard incubation – but will she lay a third egg? We wait to see.
Still two at the 367 Collins Street Falcon scrape in Melbourne.
The two little sea eaglets at the Olympic Park nest had a lovely fish breakfast.
At Port Lincoln Osprey barge, they are taking guesses on when hatch will occur on the chat. Why not join in?
Our darling Ervie is staying close to Port Lincoln. Ervie fledged in 2021. He is now four years old and should be looking for a mate! Do we need to translocate some females to the region of South Australia?
In other nests…
Gabby and Beau lost no time after the rain stopped in getting to work on their NE Florida/American Eagle Foundation nest south of Jacksonville.
The SW Florida Eagle cam is up and running with M15 and F23 bathing in the pond and working on their nest.
Thank you so much for being with us today. Please take care. If we have another hatch at Melbourne, I will be posting before Monday. If not, I will see you on Monday. The weather is tremendous and we are spending a lot of time outside, but also inside finishing up some painting and some much-needed decluttering in what was my walk-in closet and what soon became a kind of ‘junk’ room. It is now 3/4 of the way cleared and cleaned!
The Girls and Toby are all doing well. They are enjoying the frenzy of the Blue Jays and squirrels caching peanuts flying over the conservatory.
Hope is getting all the fur back from her injury. She is fine. What a relief.
The only thing you can say about Missey these days is that she is rather ‘wooly’.
Toby has been to the groomer and is sporting his new fall little tie.
It will be nice when the migration is over so that these windows can be cleaned! Hugo Yugo says she doesn’t care – the warmth of the sun makes her want to sleep. She is always on that cat tree! Or the other one if she is not sleeping or playing with Toby.
I want to thank our notable contributor, ‘SK Hideaways’ for their video highlighting the second egg for Diamond and Gimbir, the owners of the streaming cams of the other nests highlighted in bold, and The Guardian. My blog would not be what it is without your input into the world of birding.
Thank you Mary Ann for all the updates. It is indeed sad about Dr Goodall.
She was a great lady and did a lot for the animals. May she Rest in Peace. 🙏
That is a nice picture and article on her. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I hope the little falcons will be ok. And get enough to eat. ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Love little Toby’s fall scarf. He’s looks adorable and all the kittens look great too! The pictures of the blue jay and little squirrel are so cute. I don’t blame the kittens for watching them through the big windows!❤️
Good to hear that Ervie is near and hope he finds him a mate soon. ❤️
Good to know Top Flat chick has fledged. Safe travels to them all !
Congratulations to Diamond and her mate on their second egg.
Good to see Beau and Gabby are ok after the storm and preparing their nest
And good to see M15 and F23 preparing their nest.
Thanks for all the good pictures of them.
Have a good rest of the week and see you here Monday or before.
Have fun and enjoy the outdoors.
Linda
OH! Dear! A beautiful Heart & Soul who cared deeply about wildlife..What an amazing life she had …I loved listening to her, learned lots….Fly Angel Fly! Such a bittersweet time of the year! excited for this new season & little ones and saying, See you later to the ones doing long journeys to the next chapters of their lives.. Safe travels to Top Flat .. Happy to hear the Hope, Missey & Hugo Yugo are well and Toby looks so handsome. Take care, be safe, be healthy
Dr Goodall was an incredible woman. I wish the world was filled with individuals strong like she was. Everything I believe about avian emotions and behaviour has come from her research and that of her colleague, Marc Bekoff. It is a sad day today.
Thank you. We are doing well in spite of everything! I am so grateful for the good weather so we can be outside.