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Wednesday October 6, 2010
After much detective work by control room operators, environmental scientists and our station chemist, the consensus is that Ava and Havoc have nested on the Power Station this year. The reason for the lack of certainty is that we are unable to view the location of their nest. The birds have chosen to make their home on our coal bunkers instead of the cosy nest box provided for them. Although we cannot see Ava sitting on a nest, evidence leading us to this conclusion includes the remains of dinner, white wash and the occasional head popping up over the beam!

Tuesday October 12, 2010

Ava and Havoc continue to spend their time around the coal bunker. Havoc announces very loudly when he is returning to the ledge – he must be proud of his catch of the day!



Ava

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Wednesday October 20, 2010,

Sitting ... waiting ... watching, but no activity at the coal bunker. The lip on the bunker makes it impossible to visually confirm the presence/absence of eggs however we would expect Ava to be sitting tight on the beam if there were eggs to incubate. The monitoring continues!

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Tuesday October 26, 2010

Looking all too casual this morning, Ava sits preening on the Power Station while Havoc rests on the water tower. Not the attentive behaviour one would expect of parents who should be egg sitting or feeding chicks.

Tuesday November 9, 2010

There has been significantly less activity at the Power Station from Ava and Havoc. Discussions with the Victorian Peregrine Project have continued and whilst we held some hope that there was still time for Ava to settle at a nest site this year, as the days pass it becomes more likely that Ava and Havoc will miss this breeding season. We hope that next year our nest box will be accepted and Ava and Havoc will be a successful breeding pair.

This will be the last update for 2010. However if any news comes to hand, you will hear it here first.


Dus met andere woorden: Vergeet Alcoa voor dit jaar.
Nu maar hopen dat het volgend jaar wel lukt met Havoc en Ava en het plezier in 2011 dubbel zo groot zijn.

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In de beperking toont zich de meester.