Peregrine Falcons from Melbourne Australia

Pair of Peregrine Falcons from Down Under were observed on Monday, 17 October 2022 from my laptop with internet connection from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:) One of the adult falcons was seen shading the four chicks from the rays of the hot sun. The adult (not sure whether it was mama or papa) falcon was seen panting with its tongue sticking out as it struggled to cool off from the heat of the 1:14pm afternoon sun. The pair of falcons were seen together for a short period of time. One of it took flight by dropping off the ledge of this building at 367 Collins, Melbourne, Australia to presumably hunt for food which looked like a very fat de-feathered pigeon. The falcon is interestingly the mascot of the US Air Force Academy, the national bird of United Arab Emirates (golden falcon species) which is the hunting companion of the Bedouin tribe as well as a species entitled to its own passport. Learn more and listen to the calls of this fascinating raptor species including comparison with similar species from Cornell University’s All About Birds website HERE.  A population study of tropical Peregrine Falcons in West Malaysia (ernestii sub-species) was published in a journal HERE. Back to 367 Collins family of falcons, some of the screenshots from the videocam live project from YouTube are as below:-

Protective Falcon shielding brood from afternoon sun.

Up, up and away as one of the falcons leap off the building ledge to hunt for the family of six.

Ripping off chunks from a kill to feed the hungry brood.

The 367 Collins Falcons are such dedicated parents - protecting their brood from the hot rays of the sun and ensuring their brood are fed with daily supplies of pigeon meat.

Finally on a lighter side of life, we can laugh at the comic depiction of the world’s fastest bird of prey courtesy of  Arthur the Duck from the Sheldon comic series at Patreon below:-