Ed: TT ran out of time to post all the amazing pictures. Here’s a selection …
November 19
Soaking up the early sun
Mum makes a brief visit … rolling away after touchdown
Brecky can still be civilised
November 20
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Play-catching and killing has started in earnest
November 21
Both these chicks have starlings
Mock control and killing … there is an instinct to grasp the prey so the kill can be made with a bite to the neck
November 22
Dad’s starling is grabbed as it hits the ledge
Crouching in the proper take-off position
November 23
Mum does a close fly-past closely watched by offspring
Being a chick involves long periods of doing little … interrupted by brief periods of wild excitement …
… such as another newly-fledged starling
November 24
Actually getting airborne
The first fight over food recorded …
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… followed by a reflection of three personalities
The chicks are getting very game now and can fall off such a small, crowded ledge … but they can fly well enough to safely crash-land
November 25
Comparing the folded wing with the fail shows the tail is ahead in growth
THE PEREGRINE FALCONS ON TASMANIAN TIMES:
• An extraordinary Picture Essay: The nesting Peregrine Falcons …
• My, how you’ve grown … an update on the Peregrines
• My, how you’ve grown (2) … another update on the Peregrines
• My, how you;ve grown (3) … another update on the Peregrines
• My, how you’ve grown (4) … another update on the Peregrines
