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Banyule Flats Reserve

To: Glen White <>
Subject: Banyule Flats Reserve
From: Brian Fleming <>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:13:54 +1000
Glen White wrote:
> 
> Spent a few hours here (on the Yarra, near Heidelberg, Vic) Sunday
> morning.
> Had a brief look at a perched raptor - large, dark brown, longish
> tail. It
> had a distinct white/pale nape patch. I wonder if it was an immature
> Swamp
> Harrier, but I have never seen them here before. (I wasn't able to get
> a
> look at its rump).
> Anyone who knows the area have any ideas?
> Cheers
> Glen White
> East Hawthorn
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Hullo Glen,
A Swamp Harrier is sometimes seen at Banyule Swamp - or so I am told by
those who should know. It hasn't coincided with my visits lately.
Your description sounds right anyway.
Has anyone else seen a Black-shouldered Kite there recently? They used
to be predictable regulars, and in fact bred thereabouts, but I haven't
seen one for about a year. Do we blame drought? rabbit poisoning? what?
  Anthea Fleming in Ivanhoe (Vic, not NSW!)

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