OCTOBER 2024
1 Oct – the male lands at 5:50 and goes into the box. He returns to the ledge at 6:00 and goes into the box when XRF arrives at 6:40. He is followed in by the juvenile, so he flies out. XRF sits on the ledge until flying off at 6:50. The adult pair arrive together at 7:40 and go into the box for bonding. The male soon leaves, and the female leaves a few minutes later with scraps of pigeon. The male is back at 14:20, goes into the box for five minutes, then flies out. The pair are back in the box at 16:20. Again, the male is quick to leave whilst the female remains tending the scrape and feeding on scraps until 17:00.
2 Oct – XRF arrives with Feral Pigeon prey at 13:45 followed quickly by the female. The juvenile goes into the box and the female flies off. She is back ten minutes later, stands on the platform looking out, then watches the juvenile feeding in the box. She flies off at 14:15 whilst the juvenile continues feeding. XRF leaves with the remains of its meal at 14:40. It returns a few minutes later and goes into the box and the female lands on the ledge. She goes into the box, but the juvenile does not want to give up its meal. Eventually, the female takes over and XRF moves to the ledge. At 15:15, the juvenile tries to snatch the female’s meal but is pushed away and stands on the platform calling. The female soon finishes feeding and sits on the ledge before flying off. The juvenile picks at scraps in the box until moving to the ledge at 15:30 and flying off ten minutes later. The male arrives at 16:35 and goes into the box. He returns to the ledge at 16:50 and flies off at 17:00.
3 Oct – the pair arrive together at 9:25 and go into the box for a bout of bonding. The male flies off ten minutes later, but the female remains until 10:05. XRF lands on the ledge an hour later with a full crop and flies off at 11:40. The male lands briefly at 15:40. The female flies in for a few minutes at 16:45. The male is back on the ledge at 17:40 and remains until 18:15.