Some time in the middle of 2007 we noticed that a pair of peregrine falcons, relatively rare around the Central West of New South Wales, were interested in using Charles Sturt University’s Orange campus as a hunting ground. Ian Grange, a member of staff, suggested we mount a roosting box high up in the water tower, on the south window to encourage the raptors to hang around. They took to the box very quickly and no end of carnage was brought in to consume.
o IP cameras were located and mounted – one inside the box above the floor and the other one up high overlooking the ledge and their flight approach.
Since then we’ve been receiving brilliant close-up footage and experiences from our new acquaintances with every intention of making our coverage and data available to the world. We’ve come to know the adult pair well now and consider them a part of campus. Not often anyone can get this close to such amazing raptors!
As an addendum to the above paragraph, we’ve now upgraded both our eyrie-based cameras to high-definition models from Axis (via Lan1 and CCTV Hire) and they’re providing us with superb, world-class imagery and footage, which we can share with the world. We utilise PoE (Power Over Ethernet) technology to reduce the number of cables running around the room next to the box itself and are able to piggyback on the high-speed CSU network for connectivity.
Thank you for visiting, and supporting FalconCam Project.
Ian, Cilla, Scott & Ron
