The video opens with Garrama & Yira both at the ledge siblings looking out over their territory. Then Garrama does some vigorous wingercising all over the box really showing off how strong he is! Garrama is then perched at the ledge and he is looking at something. He is startled and has a misstep, Garrama recovers and then he decides deliberately and with purpose to fledge! It was a strong fledge! Diamond and Xavier are both on the roof and they immediately take off after Garrama when they see him flying! Three minutes later a parent returns to the roof it might have been Diamond.

Congratulations Garrama on fledging at 39 days old! The average fledge age here at NSW is 42 days so he beat that average. Male falcons do tend to fledge before females most likely because they are lighter. Yira was watching Garrama and wondering what just happened! Cilla will be on the ground tomorrow to look for Garrama if he does not return to the box before then. ♥ Diamond and Xavier will keep an eye on him now! Thank you for watching!

To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Yira & Garrama are perched on the ledge together
01:38 Garrama doing vigorous winging
01:53 Garrama fledges cam 1
02:15 Slomo of fledge cam 1
02:35 Yira watching Garrama & looking for him
03:30 Ledge view of Garrama'a fledge
03:47 Diamond seen flying after Garrama Ledge view
04:30 Tower cam view Di & X see Garrama fledge & fly after him
04:55 Parent returns to roof maybe Di
05:20 Yira on ledge looking for Garrama!

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1ST HATCH: Oct 4th 2024 00:24:12
2nd HATCH: Oct 5th 2024 05:34"35
Egg#3 is nonviable
Garrama fledges 11:26AM on Nov 13th 2024


GENERAL INFORMATION:
This is a research project through Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales Australia, studying the diet and use of a nest box of a family of peregrines living in water tower since 2007. We now have nine years' worth of diet and seven years of behaviour data The cams go right through the year and are in daily use.

HISTORY:
The birds have been observed using the tower (a working water tower) since 2007, breeding in the box since 2008, with an average of 2.8 eggs per clutch and 1.5 fledges per season.

The parents' names are Diamond (female) and Xavier (male). Diamond took over from the older Swift in 2015 and Xavier replaced Bula in 2016 (who in turn replaced our first male, Beau, in 2015). Xavier arrived just as the eggs were hatching and saved the season by providing for Diamond and her three chicks. Assuming that they were at least two years old when they arrived, Diamond is at least eleven years old and Xavier nine (in 2024).

The male is 1520% smaller than the female, has fewer spots on the chest and has brighter yelloworange talons and beak. The birds do not migrate and courtship rituals and some scrape (nest) building continues throughout the year, intensifying, along with food bringing by the male, in July and August.

Eggs are laid usually in late August, with chicks hatching in early October and fledging in midNovember. The youngsters often stay around as late as March being taught to hunt by their parents, and often visiting the nest in the tower, so there is much to watch even out of the main breeding season. One male juvenile stayed until August the following year when his parents blocked his entrance to the box and he took the hint.
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Courtesy of Falcon Project Orange NSW Australia. Many thanks to Cilla Kinross, principal researcher at CSU.

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