After opening up the images (deliberately) without reading the rest of Harry’s email, my first thought was (and remains) definitely Brown Goshawk. Seems to be some tail moult going on. The hooded effect Harry refers to is created by the strong light. The bird looks too strong and stocky for the much more finely built … Read more
The longer central tail feather in photo 1 suggests Brown Goshawk and this is also just visible in photos 2 and 3. I wouldn’t bet a sheep station on it but I am favouring Brown Goshawk. I would be keen to see what others (?Stephen Debus) say. The wings do look broad like a Sparrowhawk’s … Read more
Hello from Finland, I casually photographed this bird on August 25th, 2012, in Sydney. The bird was then soaring high above Centennial Park and our initial thoughts were: a Collared Sparrowhawk. I think we never took a very long look at the bird, as we didn’t have a scope, but our instinctive ID was based … Read more
The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) has adopted a preferred option for the Pacific Highway upgrade through the Clarence valley, North Coast NSW that involves the destruction of large areas of natural vegetation, cuts across wetlands and places a barrier through the habitat of the endangered population of the Coastal Emu. Proposed ameliorative measures are … Read more
Hello, has anyone recently seen or heard the Koel that was in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne before Christmas? Thanks, david Richardson =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================