ALCOA - 2011

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:46 pm

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Tuesday September 6, 2011

The new nest box for Havoc and Ava remains vacant. By this time, it is expected that Ava would have found somewhere to settle down to lay her eggs.

Instead, the water tower continues to be the focus for Ava, while Havoc takes up his usual post on the power station beams of the seventh floor as seen in this latest photo of the pair.

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:40 pm

Thanks, Beth!

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:22 pm

That looks like the picture from last yr. she is a beauty also I have wondered about any eggs from last yr.
They said no nesting so I wonder if it'll be this yr and if the eggs will hatch and hopefully they will at least post more than once every couple months
THIS STINKS :furious:

gigi · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:47 pm

It will be interesting to see where Ava settles in. Obviously not where the Alcoa people have planned.

ljames · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:25 pm

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Tuesday September 13, 2011
Havoc and Ava have been noticeably absent from the power station and water tower this week. Perhaps Ava has found a nest site to her liking ... but where? It's not the new nest box and close inspections of the power station have not revealed a nest site either.

Poor babies, looks like they may be nesting somewhere. I hope that they are successful despite the fact that they took her box away that she liked so much.

gigi · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:35 pm

Thanks ljames. :gaaaaah:

I sure wish they had never taken down the pink box on the tower....

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:23 am

Tuesday September 27, 2011

Havoc and Ava's visits to the power station and water tower are intermittent. In desperation, we conducted a survey of the batters of the open cut to see if the pair had returned to a previous haunt. Peregrine falcon's bred on a ledge on the wall of the open cut coal mine in the early 1990's. But alas, the search for a nest continues ...

gigi · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:35 am

thanks for the update Beth. Why oh why did they have to move the nest box....
Loved your pink typing!!! Just like the box! :biggrin:

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:43 am

Sounds like someone at Alcoa is interested in the falcons and whether/where they nest. A bit of a different tone from their previous posts.

ljames · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:55 pm

They wouldn't have to search if they had left the nestbox where it should be. :furious:

They may sound interested but actions speak louder than words.

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:28 pm

ljames wrote:

They wouldn't have to search if they had left the nestbox where it should be. :furious:

They may sound interested but actions speak louder than words.

You're absolutely right, ljames! :furious:

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:23 am

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Monday October 3, 2011
Well folks ... we have an egg! Actually, we have two!! Although, before everyone gets TOO excited, it's not all good news. As you can see from this photo, one egg sits abandoned on the ledge while Ava is sitting on another (which she kindly revealed some time later).

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So where is this mystery nest? Ava has chosen to nest on the ledge of one of the coal bunkers of the power station. In fact, it is on the exact same ledge that we reported in this exact same week last year that Ava had selected to nest. We'll do our best to keep monitoring Ava and keep you up-to-date.

Anca · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:11 am

I'm looking forward to see this litter!

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:06 am

Anca-They do not have a live cam at Alcoa -long story- :furious:

I bet the wayward egg rolled down to where it is now. :gaaaaah:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64399

thanks for the heads up, Beth....Poor Ava..If she's nested here before, why didn't they put the box at this spot? Falcons DO NOT follow the philosophy "if they build it, they will come"....I guess Alcoa just hasn't figured that out... :furious:

SusanE · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:05 am

Thank you, Beth, for this update. "Good-new..Bad-news" situation. Maybe the folks at Alcoa will get the message and put a box there next year. :imbored:

But I won't hold my breath.

gigi · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:10 am

SusanE wrote:

Thank you, Beth, for this update. "Good-new..Bad-news" situation. Maybe the folks at Alcoa will get the message and put a box there next year. :imbored:

But I won't hold my breath.

I agree...

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:15 am

I received a e-mail from Elise Jeffery, last night...
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Anglesea Power Station-Alcoa of Australia

dear beth,

thought i would share with you some falcon news from Anglesea.
not all good news, but news nevertheless.

Ava has chosen to nest on the power station.
i’ve written an update for http://www.alcoa.com/falcons and will keep the website up to date with any further information.

thought if you could let the BCAW know and get the word out there to keep watching the website ... and keep your fingers crossed for Ava + Havoc.

ljames · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:59 am

Poor little Ava. I'm sure that egg rolled away and not easy to get them back together with that setup. :girlsad3:

Mick · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:03 am

Newest update.

Wednesday October 5, 2011
The egg is out of sight today. Ava may have moved further along the bunker ledge out of the range of my peep hole or it may have rolled to a similar fate to egg number one. As the female Peregrine Falcon usually lays one egg every 48 hours, there should have been a second egg today.

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