What a day it has been in the world of raptors. Eyes have been glued to the streaming cam for the 367 Collins Street Falcon scrape in Melbourne for several days awaiting fledge – and now we have it.
One of the females flew at 09:27:26.
Adult arriving.
Female preparing for her first flight:
Congratulations. There might well be at least one more fledge today in Melbourne. Well done.
Thank you to Dr Victor Hurley and Mirvac for their streaming cams that allow us into the wonderful world of these very much urban raptors!
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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Thank you Mary Ann for this update. Congratulations to the one that fledged. I hope they all fledge and have a good life out there. ❤️❤️❤️
See you here soon!
Linda
Hi Linda, You are so welcome. It is so wonderful when they fledge and then we worry ourselves sick for them. It was such a great year. Thankfully we still have a cute little bobblehead at Orange! I hope you voted on the name.
Thank you Mary Ann for this update. Congratulations to the one that fledged. I hope they all fledge and have a good life out there. ❤️❤️❤️
See you here soon!
Linda
Hi Linda, You are so welcome. It is so wonderful when they fledge and then we worry ourselves sick for them. It was such a great year. Thankfully we still have a cute little bobblehead at Orange! I hope you voted on the name.