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I am in Love with this viewBirdfriend wrote: ↑November 8th, 2021, 9:20 pm 9.November
Sunny morning in Melbourne. The guys are very active.
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NOVEMBER 9
Birdfriend hello I think this is the number 1 who already flegded, because of “hair” on the head. Liz have video of second fledge And that chick dont have hair
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Flegded little one- flying through a cloudy blue sky.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0GjDHx-jQ
Birdfriend hello I think this is the number 1 who already flegded, because of “hair” on the head. Liz have video of second fledge And that chick dont have hair
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Flegded little one- flying through a cloudy blue sky.
On full HD screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0GjDHx-jQ
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NOVEMBER 11
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Forced fledge or what was that? Little one loud screaming and flying away..
It is still being explained which of the falcon chick it was.
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Forced fledge or what was that? Little one loud screaming and flying away..
It is still being explained which of the falcon chick it was.
On full HD screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4aCsFqUGW0
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Birdfriend we have sad news about chick number 4- the Youngest He is the only one who didn’t fledge..Birdfriend wrote: ↑November 10th, 2021, 10:50 pm Hm, that is difficult to say, Sniedzins.
IWas it the last chick from the four, are all fledged now?
Mom came later and stayed for the night with the youngest chick.
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367 Collins Falcons Facebook:
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As people will have noticed the remaining nestling (a male) is struggling. I don't know exactly what is going on. From my experience it is most likely a heavy *Trichomoniasis *infection. This is not uncommon in urban and industrial settings where introduced prey species make up a higher proportion of the diet. It is now too late to intervene and approach the ledge as this is guaranteed to lead to this nestling jumping off of the ledge to a certain gravity induced fate. In fact the disease has probaly already progressed too far. To approach it once it is too weak and malnourished to make that jump will also be too late to actually prevent it succumbing to this disease. I have consulted with people whose experience with this species and disease I respect and they have reconfirmed the merits of this approach which has been adopted at 367 Collins Street for some years now. As it becomes increasingly obvious that the disease is progressing I will be recommending Mirvac to then switch off the live feed. Little will be gained by watching its last hours or days.
It is worthwhile recalling that there is almost by necessity a relatively high mortality within top order predators in their first one to two years of life. One consequence of this is that the environment does not become over-populated/crowded by predators which will be constantly attacking each other and may also then locally wipe out one or more prey species. With this in mind it is worth recalling that approximately 66% of juvenile Peregrine Falcons die in their first or second year. In Victoria 13% of the mortalities recorded of juvenile Peregrine Falcons are due to *Trichomoniasis *infection. This is based from 146 known mortalities.
On another note I would like to firstly thank Leigh for creating this site, inviting me to participate and hosting a really enjoyable and hopefully informative Q&A session again this year. To volunteer moderators and all those who contributed observation data on incubation and the feeding/diet studies you guys rock! You have maintained order in a social media environment prone to discord. Finally, I thank everybody who has joined this group to create a positive online community working within the rules and watched this wonder of nature play out. Looking forward to a new Mirvac web site and camera format next year. Take care and be kind to others.
Raptorially yours,
Victor
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Dad trying to feed the little fluffball Number 4. He looks sick, very sad..
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Dad trying to feed the little fluffball Number 4. He looks sick, very sad..
On full HD screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdMq4oeJ9k
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Sniedzins Oh no, not again!
They had this disaster two years ago, last year all were fine. It's really sad to read that.
So short before fledge time.
TY for sharing.
Two fledglings at home, little one in the middle.
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I'm so sorry for this little guy.
Edit: They stopped the stream, their decision...
They had this disaster two years ago, last year all were fine. It's really sad to read that.
So short before fledge time.
TY for sharing.
Two fledglings at home, little one in the middle.
Pic from now:
I'm so sorry for this little guy.
Edit: They stopped the stream, their decision...
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Birdfriend, Amanda,
We don't know if the little one really is sick from Trichomoniasis. He didn't act like that. Birds infected with trichomonads
are apathetic, they don't move. Our little one ran back and forth until the end! The camera had technical problems. Victor Hurley has asked that they switch off the camera. It is very possible that the little one is still alive! Maybe he'll recover?
It's too bad! I would have wanted to know it! But they have concerns because of the watchers cause problems with many cameras as soon as something bad happens.
Sibling is mantling prey and little one
Mom and little one
Three of them were at home. The fourth ? I don't know.
We don't know if the little one really is sick from Trichomoniasis. He didn't act like that. Birds infected with trichomonads
are apathetic, they don't move. Our little one ran back and forth until the end! The camera had technical problems. Victor Hurley has asked that they switch off the camera. It is very possible that the little one is still alive! Maybe he'll recover?
It's too bad! I would have wanted to know it! But they have concerns because of the watchers cause problems with many cameras as soon as something bad happens.
Sibling is mantling prey and little one
Mom and little one
Three of them were at home. The fourth ? I don't know.
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Liz
I noticed too, that he/she was still very active. But sometimes the chick was standing and looked in the sky with half closed eyes and it was not able to swallow food (in your second video it is visible), also when it pooped there went nothing out. The disease went off very fast in only few days. He/she was a strong fighter for sure, heartbreaking.
I was also shocked like you, but looked only for some minutes from time to time. (Because I'm busy with Orange and PLO).
Edit: Cilla Kinross made an update today:
Two posts from 367 Collins Falcon FB- group:
I noticed too, that he/she was still very active. But sometimes the chick was standing and looked in the sky with half closed eyes and it was not able to swallow food (in your second video it is visible), also when it pooped there went nothing out. The disease went off very fast in only few days. He/she was a strong fighter for sure, heartbreaking.
I was also shocked like you, but looked only for some minutes from time to time. (Because I'm busy with Orange and PLO).
Edit: Cilla Kinross made an update today:
NEWS 13th November
The juveniles at the 367 Collins St., Melbourne site have gone (3 fledged; 1 died). An interesting Q and A session was held with Dr. Victor Hurley, who is a peregrine expert: https://youtu.be/LVMtGe7Id44.
Two posts from 367 Collins Falcon FB- group:
Julianne Vincent
Apparently the babe lost his life this morning around 10am so it has been reported. Thank you to everyone who has cared.
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Katrina Jen Cook Klaic
His last little “flight” on the ledge had me in tears. He tried so hard but just couldn’t make it. At least his siblings cuddled into him and he didn’t die alone
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Birdfriend , Liz01 Thank You for updates
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