A US expert is visiting next year to work on accipiters in
the Canberra area. He is working with Jerry Olsen. In preparation we
are collecting info about nest sites of goshawks and sparrowhawks in use this
Spring. I know of a few likely sites and other suspected sites based on
frequent sightings. It would be helpful if anyone willing to cooperate
were to let me know (by email) of any actual or possible nests seen this
October-December.
As a separate matter I would be most interested in any
evidence of nesting Little Eagles. As appears from the report in the
latest CBN, the downward trend in breeding pairs is clear. Re-use
of the nest at the Fyshwick Sewage Works seems in doubt as the P radiata is
dying, and the pair seems to have drifted away from the site, by contrast with
its almost continuous presence this time last year. Last year there
was only that site, Roger’s west of Dunlop, and one in Kambah.
Geoffrey
