Thanks to all those who helped with information. Your replies have elicited more information from the young cyclist. > Hi mum, I was hoping someone might be able to narrow down the range > of possibilities. Brown Goshawk definitely seems more likely than > Perigrine falcon (shape and colour). I wasn’t looking at it through > binoculars but over my shoulder as I rode my bicycle. It was > certainly attacking and repeatedly for as long as I was in range. > ie. before some buildings got in its way. After the initial impact > on my helmet it continued soaring alongside me and swooping towards > me in a manner much more graceful than Magpies, and was more easily > deterred by simply waving one hand. >
I have suggested he might like to join the forum. I think Stephen Debus has narrowed it down to either the Brown Goshawk or the Collared Sparrowhawk . I wonder if there is a local birder who spends time around the Duck River Auburn NSW and knows of this specific bird? Julie Neumann P.O. Box 181, Blaxland NSW 2774 Blue Mountains 0247393063 0404035615
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