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Question about inter-marrying between raptors

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Subject: Question about inter-marrying between raptors
From: "Belinda Cassidy" <>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:03:59 +1000
I'm having a hard time ID'ing our local pair of raptors, who appear to be
nesting and doing `mating' type things like chasing each other at high speed
around the forest, and making lots of noise (especially her).

 Some may remember this handsome guy:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/raptor_1.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/baza-sparrowhawk-900.jpg(chasing
off a Baza)

...who is obviously a collared sparrowhawk, with the massively long middle
toe.

Well Mr handsome Sparrowhawk has met a huge scarey monster of a  woman:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/SparrowHawk1.jpg(sitting)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/femalehawk.jpg(sitting)

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/CollaredSparrowHawk4.jpg(in
flight)

Blurry picture, you can just make out her feet and toe size:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/blurryhawk.jpg



Do you think its possible that the collared hawk male fancies a female Brown
Goshawk?? And will they get married?

Cheersm
Belinda
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