Despite a lightning strike on the water tower at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Orange during a storm on Friday 28 November, the Peregrine Falcons now residing there in the nesting box provided by staff have welcomed one hatched fluffy white chick and await the hatching of another.  Ms Cilla Kinross, lecturer in environmental management at the CSU School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, says staff at the University are delighted by the hatchling. “It’s also incredibly overdue – the average incubation is 33 days, usually closer to 30, and this one is 40 days,” Ms Kinross said. It is thought that this is the closest-ever footage of a wild pair of breeding peregrine falcons, as the nesting box contains concealed video cameras with audio. Still photos, a blog journal and links to video footage of the falcons can be found here, including video of the chick being fed.