More good news! Lincoln has posted pics of Pale Male and Zena in their nest yesterday so she has returned and is OK! 

A very special video! 

[5th season’s first video clips available]

5th season’s first video clips available

Finally loaded up a couple of this weekend’s video clips as we get set for another fascinating couple of months ahead with Swift, Beau and hopefully some new young eyases. The first clip shows poor Swift laying her first egg on Friday evening, and the second clip gives you a daylight colour view of the first egg from our great Hi-Def camera mounted in the eyrie. Swift has beaten us to obtaining the next HD camera so that will have to wait until we have access to the eyrie later this season.

We’re 2 weeks early, and this egg was laid in the evening. No doubt the extreme weather Orange has been experiencing recently has thrown most patterns out the window. Indeed last season’s three youngsters headed away very early in the season.

Apologies again for the uncertain camera streaming. We’re going to try some big coding changes in the next few days. Ironically the HD camera currently runs nicely on some Android browsers, but seems to halt on most mainstream browsers!

First egg laying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEme6lsj5DQ

egg daylight colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlkbmYaytuc

[The Project’s 5th season has commenced!]

The Project’s 5th season has commenced!

Thanks to all our viewers who, over the weekend, spotted the first egg for this, our 5th observing season. It’s great news but alarming timing as the egg was laid at bang-on 8.40pm (AEST) Friday night 17th August, right in the middle of a fairly big snowstorm in Orange. It’s two weeks earlier than we were expecting but it’s great news all the same. And with a -4degC (+-24.8degF) overnight it’s not ideal conditions for Swift and Beau right now. A sunny week ahead, albeit freezing nights, will be a challenge.

Apologies still for the nest camera streaming capability. It seems to be providing the image but not streaming properly. I’ll be running more tests today and tonight. I’ll also put up the video clip of the egg-laying from Friday night (with a link) soon too. We may have to reduce the nest cam image size to try and improve streaming. Stay tuned!!

1st egg, 5th season, laid 17th Aug

Sea otters are so cute!

Happy birthday and a wonderful day for you!      

[Possible snow for Orange]

Possible snow for Orange

The bad weather front is passing over Orange as I write, promising snow and sleet for today and tonight; time will tell now as to how bad it will get but Swift has taken to her scrape and hopefully will remain there during the worst of it. In these stormy winds the concrete water tower is likely to gather momentum & sway a little – I’ve been up there before on wild windy days and watched a puddle on the floor swing back and forwards, which would explain the motion sickness on descending 2 hours later on!! It shouldn’t bother Swift though, who appears to be happy to stay close to home at the moment.

Swift hiding from the snowstorm

Very cute! 

[wnyfalconfan (Joyce):]

wnyfalconfan (Joyce): Orion is flying over the gorge!

Link:
http://twitter.com/wnyfalconfan/statuses/236114681692049408

That is wonderful! 

I love these cartoons! 

Even Orville needs to eat! (Shaky said it not me)

Happy birthday!      

     Happy birthday!     

He is under nestbox perch.