Unusual Brown Falcon Behaviour

To:	Martin Butterfield <>, Frank O'Connor <>
Subject:	Unusual Brown Falcon Behaviour
From:	Greg and Val Clancy <>
Date:	Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:26:18 +0000

Hi all,

Stephen Debus commented "Brown Falcons occasionally use hollows".

Regards
Greg
Dr Greg Clancy

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Butterfield
Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 6:36 AM
To: Frank O'Connor
Cc: birding-aus NEW ; Maris Lauva
Subject: Unusual Brown Falcon Behaviour

The species account in HANZAB includes (under Food; Behaviour):

> "Detect prey by sound when trying to extract nestlings *from hollow
> branch*."

Perhaps this bird was trying very hard?

Martin Butterfield
http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 6 November 2016 at 21:43, Frank O'Connor <> wrote:

I am not aware of Brown Falcons using tree hollows. Hopefully someone else
can give you a full answer. I have seen Nankeen Kestrels in Broome use a
tree hollow.

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