Di Feeds Both Chicks A BIG Meal 😊 Thank You Daddy X For The Delivery! FalconCam Project 10.10.24
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
- Xavier brings a nice big prepped pigeon to the nest and Diamond will take it and feed both of the chicks a big meal. Xavier will leave & do a GCW jump off the ledge! 😊
Some viewers were concerned that the youngest chick was not getting as much food as the oldest - in this video you see chick#2 get a really good feeding too. One thing to keep in mind is that Diamond will feed the open mouth that is closest to her & is the loudest. So that does favor chick#1 but it all equals out with multiple feedings throughout the day and the youngest is clearly growing and getting enough to eat too ♥ Also if food was scare, feeding one chick ensures the survival of at least one nestling.
At the Orange nest, there is plenty of food and both chicks are growing big and hitting their one week old milestones. Thank you for watching!
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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1ST HATCH: Oct 4th 2024 00:24:12 🎉🎉
2nd HATCH: Oct 5th 2024 05:34"35 🎉🎉
Egg#3 is non-viable
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 15-20% smaller than the female, has fewer spots on the chest and has brighter yellow-orange 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 mid-November. 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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Zavier looked like he wanted to stay and feed the chicks 🐥🐥with his excellently prepped pigeon. Hopefully Diamond will let Daddy feed again 🥰🙏
Adorable babies mom and dad doing the best 🤍🐥🐥🤍🙏🙏❤️🩵
I'm never going to be able to stop laughing when X jettisons himself out of the next. The GCW maneauver, so pefectly named by our LH, is absolutely priceless!!! Loved the 'family' conversation when dad arrived.
Thanks for showing us these cuties❤
Thanks for the reassurance about the chick's, Lady Hawk. I love this family!
Dad is so funny and a great hunter.
The babies grow up very fast.
Thanks a lot for your video!❤
We love Xavier,he's super happy after having his kiddos😂Just look at his fantastic jump says it all🎉
He will be pampering his family with lots of yummy food,this Dude never fails his duty!!!😊
Kids will grow like weeds..they definitely will thrive and be magnificent warriors🎉
Bravo to this amazing family!!
Thank you Lady Hawk🤗😇
Hi Oliver! Loved reading your comment tonight! Xavier is such a cool dude - brings Di a big fat pigeon (no yucky Starling) & then happily takes his GCW jump off the ledge! Makes me laugh every single time!! The kids are going to double in size in a week again! What a great falcon family we get to watch!! Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful Friday! ♥
@@ladyhawkHi Lady Hawk,you're most welcome,watching him at live cam is most fun,hilarious dude,better than some humans,such patience and loyalty😅
Hope all is good with you🤗Blessings🙌🏻
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It’s adorable their chatter between them 🥰
Yes and their voices are getting louder each day now!!
Every time he does that jump my stomach flips ….yes , I’m aware he has wings and he can fly 🤦🏻♀️😂… the mother in me is saying. “ get away from the edge!! “. They’re a wonderful family, those babies ❤️❤️
very well !
Good feeding by mom😘😘😘.. love to family❤❤❤
Wow. Its harsh but the poor Pigeon 😌....imagine flying along and suddenly this raptor grabs you ! 🦅🐣🐤....
Those chicks with their open mouths / beaks ❤😊
Was that a chicken…huge meal for the family!
Hello jada it was a huge pigeon!! Lots of leftovers!!
Adorable family🙏💕
Oh my gosh....they are so adorable! I haven't seen them since baby 2 was born.
🥰💕💕 Daddy Xavier brought a "monstrous" pigeon for his two precious chicks!! 💕💕 And Mama Diamond beautifully stuffed her both chicks with Daddy's delicious pigeon. 💕💕 Oh dear!! It's amazing.how Daddy X and Mama D's two sweet pies are growing up and thriving beautifully right before our eyes filled with love and tenderness for them. 🐥🌱🐥👀🥰 Good job, Daddy Xavier and Mama Diamond. 👍👍 Bon appetit, Auntie's sweeties!! 🥰🥰 Be blessed and keep thriving, beloved Falcon family 🙏🌱🙏 May God bless and protect them always. 🙏💞🙏 Thank you very much for this lovely video, much appreciated, Lady Hawk. 💙💙 Many blessings, love and hugs to you, my dearest friend. 💐💙🫂🥰🥰💕❤️🐥🐥💛💕🙏
Oh dear friend, in every nest there are always bird psychologists teaching the birds how to do their business. 🤣🤣Yes yes!! And not just bird psychologists, but also bird psychoanalysts, bird nutritionists, and other bird experts. 🤣🤣 Oh, I almost forgot, there are also bird love counselors: "She should stay with this male or that one." 🤣🤣 O modern madness is really impressive, isn't it!! 🤣🤣💕
@@SilvanaSouza-wy5rv Excellent comment, my dear Soul Sister 😅❤❤❤
Hello Silvana yes thank you for the great comment! There are so many of these bird experts around the nests !! Daddy Xavier knows what to bring and Mom Diamond knows how to feed and care for them! Lovely family ♥ Take care my friend!
What is GCW?
"goodbye, cruel world" due to the way Xavier jumps out of the nest without opening his wings (although he did open them a bit this time)
Daddy Cool 😎 does not disappoint again ❤Huge prep pigeon will do great feast for both chicks 😋 They are growing extremely fast, so more and more food supply will be needed 😊 But no worries, cool daddy is magnificent hunter. Good GCW jump to the air and soon will be back with another pigeon 🐦😉 So everything looks looks great and promising for both offsprings ❤🙏 Thank you for video dear Lady Hawk and be well 🤗 💐🍓💗🍫 🐝