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Raptor ID: Williamstown, Melbourne 6th June

To: "'Tony Keene'" <>, <>
Subject: Raptor ID: Williamstown, Melbourne 6th June
From: "Jeff Davies" <>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 14:26:26 +1000
It's a young Swamp Harrier Tony, cheers Jeff.


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Sent: Tuesday, 7 June 2011 2:03 PM
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Subject: Raptor ID: Williamstown, Melbourne 6th June

Hi all,

 I got this set of photos while at Williamstown yesterday:
 http://www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk/random/raptor1.html
 The bird came from the east along the shore line and then turned out over
the harbour. After seeing the Silver Gulls ferociously mobbing a Kestrel
minutes earlier, they surprisingly left this bird alone. I thought
Square-tailed Kite at first, but the underwing pattern and tail aren't
right. Another thought entered my head, but that would be insanity. Note the
large grey beak with black tip in the last photo.
 Any comments or suggestions welcome!
 This bird came at the end of a long weekend of fantastic fun birding - Ed
Williams and I went up to Murray-Sunset and Hattah-Kulkyne NPs and managed
to bag some really nice birds. On the Monday, I even managed to get
Black-faced Cormorant in Williamstown and Swift Parrots at Royal Park. 31
lifers for the weekend (32 if this raptor is ID'd). I'm writing a trip
report at the moment and I"ll post the link here later.
 Thanks to everyone who offered advice about Melbourne birding over the last
couple of weeks.
 Cheers!

 Tony



Photos, paintings and drawings of Australian, NZ, Swiss and British Birds
 www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk
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