Hi all,
There is a report on Birdline Vic about a Letter-winged Kite being seen on the Hume Highway near the Kilmore- Broadford exit yesterday, Sunday. Does anyone know some more precise details about this bird? Has anyone else seen it?
Thanks
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Hi all,
Ruth and I had a pretty good look for the LWK on Thursday (ANZAC Day) and the following day. Other teams also looked on Thursday, all without joy. We searched the freeway between Kilmore and Clonbinane heading north, then came south from Clonbinane to Kilmore through some grassy paddocks with trees along the edges, presumably ideal habitat for Black-shouldered and Letter-winged Kites – all to no avail. We then headed north on the freeway again. On Friday we repeated the search pattern but initially in the opposite direction (we ended up repeating much of the pattern again). On Saturday our search was conducted mid-morning, as we were heading north to Winton Wetlands and ultimately Rutherglen and Chiltern. On Sunday our search was conducted in beautiful late-afternoon light from around 4:45pm to about 5:45pm, after we headed south from Chiltern with a stop-off in the Lurg hills area. In the vicinity of Kilmore the only raptor we sighted was a single Nankeen Kestrel over the freeway at about the location reported for the Letter-winged Kite. On Friday, on the way south from Kilmore we were surprised by a single (presumably) Black-shouldered Kite just north of the Amaroo Road flyover in Craigieburn – this was well after last light – so around 6:15pm or so.
If anyone is interested, I have posted some pictures of many species other than Letter-winged Kite on my SmugMug site at: http://paul.angrybluecat.com/Trips-and-Locations/2013/North-eastern-Victoria -Apr
And yes, if you think that I am developing a theme with photos of birds on barbed-wire fences, then you are probably right…
Paul Dodd Docklands, Victoria
I’m surprised there hasn’t been more discussion about this sighting here. Has anyone been for a look yet? Does anyone know what time of day it was seen? Which exit it was seen near (north bound or south bound)?
I’m guessing from the signs I can see on Google Street View that they mean the south bound exit, just north of Braodford.
Peter Shute
________________________________ Sent: Monday, 22 April 2013 12:21 PM
Hi all,
There is a report on Birdline Vic about a Letter-winged Kite being seen on the Hume Highway near the Kilmore- Broadford exit yesterday, Sunday. Does anyone know some more precise details about this bird? Has anyone else seen it?
Thanks