Tag: #BirdsOfPrey

Hospitals pull together for peregrine 

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital and Port Stephens Koala Hospital have partnered in a cross-regional effort to treat, rehabilitate, and release a young injured peregrine falcon, the world’s fastest bird. In early January, Port Stephens Koala Hospital (PSKH) veterinarian Dr. Tom Tran transported the injured raptor more than 600km to Byron […]

An Emperor on Avian Anatomy: Frederick II and De arte venandi cum avibus.

As the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of both Sicily and Germany, Frederick II (1194–1250) was one of the most powerful figures of the High Middle Ages. He was a patron of the arts, a statesman, architect, scholar, poet and composer, as well as a speaker of Latin, […]

Peregrine falcon chicks off to a cracking start

A water tower in Orange, in the Central West of NSW, became the unlikely centre of international attention in October, when its resident peregrine falcons welcomed their latest arrivals. The nesting box was set up in 2007 when Charles Sturt University staff noticed the falcons in the area, and the […]