Скачать или смотреть FalconCam Project ~Gimbir & Diamond Mate THREE Times! Will She Lay Eggs? Di Brings Prey 2025 Sept 23

Early in the morning, Gimbir & Diamond are seen mating on the roof three separate times! Gimbir comes back to the box afterwards all excited with himself! Diamond will bring prey to the box and she stashes it in the corner. Gimbir flies in and they bond with Gimbir standing on the stones! He makes a mad dash off the ledge - Diamond goes to her stash and she flies off with it to eat!

The courtship may trigger a fresh hormonal response from Diamond but we can't be sure even if she lays eggs if they are fertile. The best situation would be a watch and see what happens. But the future is looking hopeful as Gimbir is checking off all the boxes: courtship bonding, prey delivered, scrape preparation and frequent mating. Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

Courtesy of Falcon Project Orange NSW Australia. Many thanks to Cilla Kinross, principal researcher at CSU.    / falconcamproject:  

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GENERAL INFORMATION:
This site is about a family of peregrine falcons using a nest box since 2008 in a water tower at Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia. 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.

HISTORY

The female is Diamond (aged at least 12) and the new male (aged about one year) is called Gimbir (hard 'g' Gim-bear). The name came about by accident as I thought Gimbir was the Wiradjuri word for 'spring' (the season), but in fact it's 'spring' or 'fountain' (water), but we liked it, so kept it anyway. He's the 'fountain' of youth!

The previous male, Xavier, disappeared on 27/8/25 and is assumed dead. He had been with Diamond since 2016 and is sorely missed.

Previous history includes: 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.    / falconcamproject: