Peregrine Falcon Nest Box – Charles Sturt University Water Tower

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

The female is Diamond (aged at least 13) and the male is Gimbir (hard 'g' Gim-bear, meaning 'spring' or 'fountain' in the local Wiradjuri language) is now nearly two years old.

For more general information, please see under the chat rules below.

NEWS 14th October
Still no pip or hatch yet, and no 'cheeps' from the eggs, but there is still time. We should leave it another week before assuming all eggs are non-viable.

Egg#1 is 39 days old today; egg#2 is 37 days old today; egg#3 is 34 days old today.

NSW from 1st egg laid to first hatch is usually 36-40 days


Egg no. 3 was laid at 1251 on, 10th Sept. after a gap of 61.5 hours
Egg no. 2 was laid at 2324 h on 7th September (gap 64 hours)
Egg no. 1 was laid at 0725 h on 5th September.

Gimbir is bringing prey daily to Diamond, who is doing much less hunting herself than she did last year.

DONATIONS FalconCam is funded through donations and these can be made via the CSU shop https://falcon.shop.csu.edu.au. Thanks for your support.

LINKS
BLOG and WEBSITE can be accessed here: https://science-health.csu.edu.au/falconcam
Lots of infomation on the, website including links to my two papers (see Timeline, September 2023, breeding behaviour, and March 2025, courtship).

OTHER CAMS and VIDEOS can be accessed via this address:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FalconCamProject

CHAT RULES
To keep the chat open, pleasant, we have a few rules. Those flouting the rules will be warned and could be blocked by moderators (mods, with blue spanners). Inappropriate comments will be deleted.

And although not a rule, we ask that greetings, thanks etc. on chat are kept to a minimum during the busy season - a simple 'good morning, everyone' is fine when you arrive! And do not respond to welcome the arrival unless there is no moderator present.

1. Chat should be about this site, but significant events from other Australian sites can be posted without discussion. Out of the breeding season some chat about other birds is acceptable if not prolonged.
2. Use English in this chat. If you do not speak English, there are on-line translators available.
3. Do not criticize people's attempts to write in English.
4. Do not ask for donations (except for this site), discuss politics or religion, advertise other sites or products (including videos), use obscene language

This camera captures the interior of a nest box housing a breeding pair of peregrine falcons, offering intimate views of courtship, egg incubation, and chick-rearing behaviour throughout the breeding season. Mounted on a water tower at Charles Sturt University's Orange campus, it provides a unique window into one of Australia's most iconic raptors and has been documenting this family's life cycle continuously since 2008.