Millennium falcon

General Discussion Science and Technology
1

OK - so the 367 Collins Street Melbourne falcons are nesting again this year - and I was watching the live stream in Brave… But I don’t want it full screen, and I don’t want all those browser widgets around it (even cluttering up in “cinema mode”) - then I remembered I wrote a shell script to fire up MPV with the feeds :

───────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       │ File: falco26.bash
───────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1   │ #!/usr/bin/env bash
   2   │ # fire up MPV on BOTH Collins St webcams
   3   │ # 2024: 
   4   │ # CAM1=https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=VLLNNTjaSEA
   5   │ # CAM2=https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=6QI3zbo9W9Q
   6   │ DIMENS="1024x576"
   7   │ # 2026 :
   8   │ CAM1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibsohQ14cY
   9   │ CAM2=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNKk0ivuWe4
  10   │ MPV=$(which mpv)
  11   │ $MPV --geometry=$DIMENS --screen=1 --mute=yes $CAM1 > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown
  12   │ $MPV --geometry=$DIMENS --screen=1 --mute=yes $CAM2 > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown
───────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

“CAM1” is the South facing camera, not much action on the North facing one…

There’s also a live stream of peregrine falcons nesting at a Charles Sturt University campus in Orange (rural /regional town in New South Wales). They haven’t laid any eggs yet (the Collins St pair are brooding 4 eggs).

3 Likes
2

The bird flu is coming.

1 Like
3

At least not as serious as man flu !

Last time I had that it lasted all of 10 mins …

1 Like
4

It worries poultry keepers and preservers of threatened bird species. Predators like @daniel.m.tripp 's falcons are especially threatened.
Aust has vaccinated 5000 fairy penguins.

2 Likes
5

Yep - I’d actually kinda forgotten about bird flu! And peregrine falcons live almost exclusively on other birds - so they’re more susceptible… mostly pigeons, and starlings, but also sometimes I’ve seen them bring back rainbow lorikeets (those three are pretty much “feral” - the rainbow lorikeets are Australian, but they’re invasive, their native range pretty much further north)…

2 Likes