Campus gets a birds-eye view

1 JANUARY 2003

The oddly shaped water tower at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Orange is now home to a pair of rare Peregrine Falcons and, more recently, their eggs. “We noticed a pair of falcons hunting at the campus and mounted a roosting box high up in the water tower, on the south window to encourage the raptors to hang around,” said CSU lecturer Ms Cilla Kinross. “They took to the box very quickly and no end of carnage was brought in to consume.” Two cameras have been temporarily mounted near the nest which now contains at least two eggs. “We’ve been receiving brilliant close-up footage of our new acquaintances and we are currently in the process of upgrading audio/video equipment with a website link for all to see and enjoy,” Ms Kinross said.

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