RE: WBSE in the city

["Robert Gosford" <>]

Tom - thanks for the note - I knew that the city's gorges and canyons (plus abundant ferals) would provide appropriate habitat and prey for top-level raptors. I always find myself wandering around the city with my eyes cast upwards at buildings like the proverbial country bumpkin - looking at what's in the air and also on the buildings.

 

Next time I'm in the Governor Macquarie Tower I'll cast my eyes about a bit more critically.

 

For those interested in real tales of city birds elsewhere - try to track down a copy of "Red-tails in Love" by Marie Winn - it is a wonderful tail of red-tailed hawks (and other birds) in NYC. Published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks in 1998. A great tale of birds and the people that admire them. I got my copy in a discount booksop downtown for about $2 and well recommended at that or any other price!

 

Cheers

Robert

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [On Behalf Of Tom Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:19 PM
To: Birding-aus
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] RE: WBSE in the city

Robert Gosford queried...

Are there any falcons etc nesting downtown? I seem to remember a thread to this effect some time ago and reference was made to Peregrines in Melbourne CBD.

 

From my vantage point on Levels 27 and then 22 of a building on the NW corner of the Sydney CBD (where I worked until October last year), I used to regularly see a pair of Peregrine and have also reported to NSW Birdline (before I joined this forum) White Breasted Sea Eagles passing along the waterways - I overlooked Darling Harbour and White Bay and west up the Parramatta River. From my new lower perch, also in the CBD, I have seen a Peregrine sitting on the louvres that overhang the windows of the Grosvenor House Tower block.

 

Cheers

Tom Wilson