Awesome!

Very cute owl video! 

[Busted by Swift!]

Busted by Swift!

Earlier this morning Swift was caught becoming quite intrigued by the big black bulge on her wall. We’re not sure if she realises there’s something going on behind the perspex but she was indeed interested to figure it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QaxhMe_P40

Happy all came on the other side without loss.

[Amusingly bad timing by an interloper]

Amusingly bad timing by an interloper

While we’re sad we lost one of the two eggs on Saturday we’re still hopeful the remaining egg will be fertile. Swift seems to think it is, and is doing a good job minding the scrape. She remains very quiet while in the eyrie, so much so that an errant cockatoo decided to drop in unnannounced but was moved on very quickly by Swift who defended her ground before any fisticuffs broke out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOkGZuKFoek

I found this exciting video in the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkW7r-rgeBQ#

That are great news! Orion had successful! 

[And then there was one]

And then there was one

Sad news, caught on camera yesterday at 3.24pm(AEST), when video and pics show the loss of one of our precious eggs. Beau had been sitting for quite a while, when Swift arrived back. But as Beau got up to vacate the scrape, one of the eggs somehow adhered itself to his chest and the following pics show him leaving with the egg well & truly stuck. One guess is that it was already cracked and leaked on him, to cause the adhesion. Swift didn’t seem at all perturbed by the change in roll call but it’s a sad moment for all of us. The brief video clip of Beau’s inadvertent egg theft can be seen here…
Beau inadvertently losing an egg

The lost egg disappearing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdpOVqFXHso#ws
Apologies again for the inconsistent video streaming from the nest camera. We’re pretty sure it’s a bad combination of latest software versions for our VLC, Flowplayer and  Flash versions on some platform, because almost frustratingly, all ongoing tests using an Android phone have been 100% successful, and sometimes we can get streaming via the likes of Safari etc, but Firefox seems to halt now? We’re looking at alternative streaming technologies (on a budget) to get us through this vital period. Bear with us for now...

That poor kestrel! 

Exciting story!

I'll vote too!

Bless their hearts for helping him (or her)!  So precious!

Didn't it look as if it was the koala who was running the show?!

This animal is a koala.

What a splendid video! Beautiful horses!

Maybe they defend offspring?

[No.2 is here!]

No.2 is here!

The second egg was laid at about 11.40pm last night, again in sub-zero (celsius) temperatures.

Our surveillance server is pushing hard at the moment with so much activity in the eyrie and we’re nursing recordings and archives out of it. The streaming server is going to be worked on as often as time allows each day as it appears the streaming is indeed working but only to some combinations of hardware and browser. We’re also looking at testing alternative technologies at the moment; something more robust.

Swift and two eggs, 20th Aug



The family’s growing again

With today’s excitement at Swift’s overnight effort to pump out a 2nd egg there’s more activity in and around the eyrie, up the “Concrete Hilton�. Today Beau flew in with lunch, which he left out on the so-called feeding tree, just down below. Swift exchanged places and Beau took his turn. He’s much smaller in stature (about 1/3rd smaller) but can handle 2 eggs well. Come the 3rd egg or more it’s always amusing to watch him struggle to fit them underneath, let alone when they turn in to writhing furry wrigglers soon!

Here’s a brief clip of the luncheon changeover, with Beau in place before Swift returns after dining out.
http://youtu.be/kmTjH0qwAWg