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A Black Falcon, thrilling in its beauty
and menace, was at the Albury "Landfill" area (ie tip) this afternoon.
I saw it flying about as I drove up. Having stopped and got out, about
a chain from the entry collection point, I thought that I owed the attendant an
explanation and a share of the pleasure.
"See that. It's a Black Falcon."
I could tell that he appreciated the information, as he kept
grinning. I kept grinning too, as Falco started to swoop on a flock of
starlings, sending them, as a unit, straight into one of the few trees in
that desolation.
Albury tip is generally a good place for Black
Kites. Musing on these two hawks I recall an occasion in
Werribee SF with the great Fred Smith, when a Black Falcon seized, and
shook, a Black Kite above our heads. Feathers rained down on
us.
Bill Watson
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