Fivebough can be great. On my first visit in one morning we had
Spotless, Spotted and Baillon's Crake, Little and Australasian
Bittern, and Superb Parrot among many others.
Regards,
Chris
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On 21/04/2010, at 12:11 AM, "Troy Mutton" <>
wrote:
Thanks everyone! I'm very happy that this is a Grey Falcon.
I'd also like to clarify that when I said "it was rubbish" I was
referring to my visit, at that time, on that day - not to Fivebough
itself. I've had mixed results there over the years, but that's what
happens with places one goes birding at. Everyone should visit it at
least once and make up their own mind - who knows - you may even
luck upon a Grey Falcon!
Cheers
Troy
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From: Troy Mutton
To: <>
Sent: Tue Apr 20 18:57:42 2010
Subject: Possible Grey Falcon at Fivebough Swamp, Leeton, NSW?
Hi birders,
On the weekend I was returning from a brilliant evening out
spotlighting Plains-wanderers with Simon Starr (and 2 other birders
from Melbourne), when I swung by Fivebough Swamp on the way back to
Wagga Wagga. It was rubbish. There was nothing about except for
hundreds of dragon-flies, and lots of ants.
I was cursing my decision to head there instead of going straight to
Wagga to watch the Demons belt Ninthmond in the AFL, when I started
taking photos of a Brown Goshawk flying overhead. I then noticed a
slightly smaller falcon flying slightly below it, and took the
requisite ID record shot photos of it, thinking “hmm – what’s
that?” I got the bins on it realizing I didn’t quite know what it
was, tracked it into the sun, got dazzled and couldn’t relocate the
bird after I regained the power of sight. Put down “weird Peregrine,
check photos” in the notebook, and jumped in the car to continue on
my 2 part journey home. It was also quite a glary midday/afternoon,
with light cloud obscuring the sun, making the photos pretty dark.
I arrived back in Sydney last night, and got the photos off the
camera and onto the screen, and thought to myself – this is a Grey F
alcon, or a good candidate for it.
I’ve never seen one before, and would appreciate the assistance of t
he broader birding community in helping me work out if this is, or i
sn’t, a Grey Falcon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtroy/4536924553/sizes/o/ is the 100%
crop of 4 photos showing the bird in question. You can see the
fairly bright yellow legs and in the shot in the top left you can
see it looking up at the goshawk, which shows a bit of crown.
Any clarification from the experts is much appreciated.
Incidentally, there are some other shots from my trip to Victoria
and the Terricks, including some Plains-wanderer action here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtroy/sets/72157623769364259/
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Troy
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