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Brown Falcon on roadkill - Coppins Xing Road [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

To: "McLaughlin, Duncan MR" <>, <>
Subject: Brown Falcon on roadkill - Coppins Xing Road [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
From: Bron King <>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:44:55 +1000
Hello all

Our most memorable sighting of birds on a roadkill was in July 2006 a few kilometres south of Molong, NSW. We saw two white-faced herons feeding on a grey kangaroo carcass within a metre of the bitumen. They both held their position as we drove by.

We didn't stop to check exactly what they were eating.

While we've never observed it ourselves, we understand that pacific herons eat carrion. But we haven't heard of white-faced herons doing so. Of course, they may well have been rummaging through the carcass for insect larvae or pupae.

Bron

At 08:50 AM 3/07/2008, McLaughlin, Duncan MR wrote:
UNCLASSIFIED

 HI Beth

I have seen Brown Falcons feeding off (already) dead sheep on several
occasions. Both singly and as a pair.

Cheers
Dunc

-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Mantle 
Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2008 22:10
To: canberra birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Brown Falcon on roadkill - Coppins Xing Road

Hi Everyone,

This afternoon I observed a Brown Falcon (a local, I suspect, as I see
one quite regularly on this drive) feeding off a road-killed kangaroo on
Coppins Crossing Road, near the junction with Uriarra Road.  I'm not
sure that I have seen a Brown Falcon scavenging like this before; has
anyone else?

Cheers,
Beth.

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