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Peregrine Falcon nesting on Angels at Mt Buffalo 6-Nov-2006 At 9:17:52 PM Nicho

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On a recent (Sunday 5 Nov 2006) trip up Where Angels Fear To Tread (Angels) myself and my 2 climbing partners were set upon by a couple of Peregrine Falcons about half way up the second pitch. Not knowing where the Peregrines had their nest and also not being in a position where we could easily have retreated, we decided to continue. At the top of the third pitch we discovered their nest was some 4-5m away from the stance we were belaying on. One very cute but anxious looking Peregrine was seen. We disturbed the chick as little as possible by keeping very quiet and out of the way as much as possible.

I think it would be prudent to say that climbing on Angels for the rest of this year is not an option. There are huge expanses of rock to climb at Mt Buffalo so I'm sure that anyone wanting to climb Angels would be able to find something similar.

Anyone interested in finding out more about the Peregrine which is an endangered species could start at the following website;

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/peregrine-fact.html

Hope that this info gets out to everyone before too much stress is caused to the lovely family and their little chick. They are amazing animals and it would be a terrible sahme to see any harm come to them.

Namaste Nicho