Melbourne’s skyscraper falcon chicks set for first flight as livestream audience becomes ‘permanent watch parties’

Thousands of viewers have already tuned in to see a fluffy trio of falcon chicks born atop a Melbourne skyscraper, but the real cliffhanger is yet to come.

In their lofty nest on top of a Melbourne skyscraper, three peregrine falcon chicks hatched from three eggs, with the first tiny beak appearing on 30 September.

Over the next few weeks, teetering from a ledge 150m above 367 Collins Street , the birds will learn to fly. It’s heart-in-mouth viewing, and as the big day approaches – in early November – the falcon livestream will begin popping up in the corner of screens, in office buildings around the country, with tens of thousands of viewers expected to tune in.

“People get very excited waiting for the day when the first one flies,” says peregrine expert Dr Victor Hurley. “I apolog