Re: FSP Little Eagle

["Frank Antram" <>]

Sandra, your observation of a (or should I say 'the') light morph Little
Eagle, because it is pretty regular at FSP, prompts me to post a photo that
I took there on Saturday, 12 Aug.  I took many photos of the bird - none
that great due to the limitations of my little digital camera - but the
attached one (a 'blow-up' of part of one) is interesting because of a bird
to the left that I inadvertently caught on camera.  It looks a bit like a
Peregrine to me - happy for others to dispute this - it is a very poor
photo, and I didn't see the bird at the time, being too focussed on the
eagle!

Regarding your possible Jacky Winter at the Jerra wetlands, this would be a
pretty unlikely locality, although I don't discount anything.  Jacky Winters
are basically birds of yellow box/Blakely's red gum woodland - I've also
attached a photo of one that I also took on Saturday at the Newline Quarry
site.  Did you discount an immature Golden Whistler?  Reason I ask is that I
saw one at the FSP last week - they are equally drab little birds, but
exhibit some rufous colouration on the wings, have a less fine bill, and
behave rather differently, being more arboreal - Jacky Winters tend to sit
on low perches and drop to the ground to pick up insects, etc.

Regards
Frank

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From: Sandra Henderson  
Sent: Monday, 14 August 2006 9:22 AM
To: 
Subject: FSP little eagle

light little eagle at FSP yesterday morning sitting in the trees near the
cattle paddock at far end.  After a while it disappeared down into the
paddock, then reappeared a few minutes later very wet - flew up into same
tree and sat there for quite some time preening - obviously going through
its morning beauty routine - a little chilly at around 9.00!  A black
shouldered kite at the wetlands, again, just sitting soaking up the sun for
a long period.
 
at both locations saw red-browed finches and yellow-rumped thornbills.  at
the wetlands also saw 2 European goldfinches, white browed scrub wrens,
white plumed honeyeaters, New Holland honeyeaters and I think a jacky winter
(not a bird I've encountered before, being new to birdwatching).  Unusually,
no darters or little pied cormorants, which I've seen on all previous
visits, perhaps because there were some canoeists paddling around.
 
Sandra Henderson 
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