Hi,
Yeah, I admit that there was a bit of rhetoric in my question as I thought it
was a Hobby.
But like Tim said, there were several other raptors shown before the prey-catch
(incl. Spotted Harrier).
The reason I put the question out there is cos not long before the Hobby got
the bird I'm sure there was footage of a Black Falcon in flight. Did anybody
else see that?
We're a funny lot...'twitching' raptors on a Parrot doco. It was a great
exercise in raptor ID though and we've already had 4 differing ID's in under an
hour...
Re: the Kite calls, Black Kites can sound almost identical to a Whistling
Kite...just lacking the fast, descending whistle that Whistlers have. But I did
think the call was from a Whistling Kite and it's not out of the question that
the camera was on a Black and there were Whistlers around and that's what we
heard.
Mick
----- Original Message ----
From: Tim Dolby <>
To: Mick Roderick <>; Wendy <>;
Birding-aus <>
Sent: Monday, 5 May, 2008 11:51:27 AM
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Land of Parrots - raptors
Yes, initially they showed a Brown Falcon sitting on a branch. Then
(from memory) a few other hawks (Black Kite) in between. Then the
footage of the hawk taking the budgie, which was definitely a Little
Falcon / Australian Hobby.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, 5 May 2008 11:32 AM
To: Wendy; Birding-aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Land of Parrots - raptors
Did anybody get an ID on the raptor that grabbed the Budgie!?
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