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Raptor Nesting at Arapiles

kieranl

27-Oct-2015
5:22:35 PM

We're well into bird nesting season again at Arapiles. A party on Revelations report on TheCrag that they were attacked by a falcon. It's probably a kestrel because they nest on Revelations.
Noddy has reported falcon activity around Harlequin Cracks.
i haven't checked but the other usual suspects (Cassandra, Eurydice) are probably also occupied.
So... avoid them until they stop nesting - somewhere from beginning to mid-December

ajfclark

28-Oct-2015
8:19:29 AM

There were a couple of raptors circling around Eurydice area the other weekend while we were there. I saw parties do both Eurydice and The Desired without getting attacked, but the birds were there.

kieranl

28-Oct-2015
8:26:17 AM

They generally nest in the bird-poop-stained niche about 2/3 up the first pitch.

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28-Oct-2015
3:15:45 PM

Kieran ... do you find them on Kaiser-Resignation as well ?

kieranl

28-Oct-2015
3:39:33 PM

On 28/10/2015 FatBoy wrote:
>Kieran ... do you find them on Kaiser-Resignation as well ?
You'll certainly see them flying around. I was climbing in that area a bit in the last week and while some were flying about I didn't see them land on the cliff thereabouts.
If you want to check out an area just stand back from the cliff and observe for a little while - you'll soon see if they're going to or from a nest.

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