Jack,
As the president of COG, the falcon should be whatever you say it is. And
what's more it should be happy to have a label.
Cheers; Alastair
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-----Original Message-----
From: Harvey Perkins
Sent: Friday, 3 June 2005 14:00
To: Andrea S Holland
Cc:
Subject: RE:Black Falcons?
>Oh dear - I was hoping to avoid the sort of responses that has been
>generated..
>
>What I was really looking for (perhaps a bit too subtly) was someone more
>familiar with the black falcon that I am (it's a bird that seems to have
>avoided me) to tell me whether or not the glide/rapid wingbeats but overall
>the rather leisurely low flight rules out this species so that I can either
>count it as my first sighting in the ACT, consign it to the possibles list,
>or discount it altogether.
>
>What is clear is that it wasn't either a brown falcon or an A raven, the
two
>most likely species to be mistaken for a black falcon.
>
>Jack Holland
Jack,
The flight style and behaviour you describe sounds virtually
identical to what I observed when I saw the Black Falcon at Kellys
Swamp back on the 5 May. I also had the advantage of seeing the
notches in the sides of the tail, which for me clinched it even
though I was already of a mind to accept for myself the Black Falcon
conclusion based on the flight behaviour alone.
For what it's worth, from what you wrote, I had no problem with an ID
of Black Falcon.
Harvey
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