**Good news update on Diamond's foot injury**CSU Orange, New South Wales, Australia Falcon Cam. Home of Diamond, Xavier and newly named chick Yurruga "sunny"You can see here Yurruga tugs on Diamond's injured foot (she may sense a problem) and Diamond has trouble walking & feeding. Nov 3rd 
You can see here today Diamond is walking much better...
NEWS 5th November
Diamond appears to have mostly recovered from her injuries. Last night she slept well on the rocks and descended at 4:49:15 with just a slight limp. She was absent for nearly 10 hours five days ago, probably a hunting accident. Prey arrival has been reduced due to rain, but is adequate.
The chick (now called '
Yurruga', which is Wiradjuri for '
sunny') is now 28 days old; growing really well and sprouting new black feathers; starting to self feed. He or she is almost as tall as
Xavier. If it overtakes
Xavier in height, we'll know it's a female.
ThIs chick hatched on
8th October. it seems that we will only have one chick this year as the other eggs are not going to hatch now. Even
Diamond has more-or-less given up. We think that one egg may be been unfertlised and the other held a chick, but it was too weak (or the shell too thick) for the chick to exit. If they are still there after fledging, I shall have a look at them and offer them to the
Australian Museum.
The average time from hatch to fledge (first flight) is
42 days, so could be about
19th November. Males often fledge earlier than females.
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