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Raptor notes

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Subject: Raptor notes
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:31:10 +1100

The WTE nest near Mugga Lane fledged 2 young on the first day of December.  The one near Erindale Drive (one young) was about a week behind that the last time I looked.  The single WTEs reported over recent months in the spaces to the south of inner south Canberra would have been adults – long-term local residents, I expect - associated with those nests.

 

At about the same time the Oaks Estate B Goshawk nest produced 3 young.  This is the ambulatory nest of the ‘pair’ Bob Rusk used to report on in the days of the telephone hotline.  Although ‘they’ have used the same nest for 4 years I doubt they are the original adults.  Certainly ‘Old Swoop’ is no longer part of the team, as the male is quite timid, calling tentatively from cover.

 

Not so good is the news with respect to the possible Little Eagle nest that Nicholas Talbot mentioned near FSP.  This was indeed an LE nest and a bird sat on it, presumably on eggs, for at least 2 weeks.   It is now deserted, possibly a case of egg infertility.  At the back of my mind, with no evidence, is the possibility that this could be a result of the rabbit-baiting.  I have not seen a LE in the vicinity for a couple of weeks, nor a Whistling Kite for that matter.  The rabbits have increased noticeably.

 

There appears to be an active sparrowhawk nest on the other side of the ponds.   

 

   

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