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Hi All,
I was out for my weekly run this morning on
Majura/Ainslie and had a real treat. Just below the summit of Ainslie I
disturbed an adult Brown Goshawk who watched me disdainfully from a new
perch.
Then, coming through the bush down from the water
tank that sits at the entrance to "the pines" at the southern end of Majura I
heard what I thought was a begging call of young bird of prey. It moved
away rapidly up the southern slope but was followed shortly be loud scolding of
Kookaburras and Crimsons. I investigated and watched for about 5 minutes
as a Collared sparrowhawk repeadtedly divebombed 2 Kookaburras and then a
Currawong. I was puzzled by the Red Wattlebird that was following thorugh
the tree tops watching the show just as I was - perhaps thinking that if it
could see the Sparrowhawk it wouldn't feature on the menu? The Sparrowhawk
was heavily barred so relatively young, I would have described it's behaviour as
aggresive as if defending territory or young so I suspect that there was another
even younger bird around that it was protecting but I'm open to other
intrepretations.
Best for last; I was almost home and
thinking, "I can remember when I last saw both species of accipter on the
same day",when I disturbed a White Morph Grey Goshawk that landed about 15
metres away and gave me the "I can't eat you look" for about 10 seconds before
flying off through the trees in a southerly direction. This last Goshawk
was just above the narrow track that runs immediately above the powerlines
(parrallel to the upper bit of Rivett St.) along the western slope of Majura
above Hackett.
All in all, I had a very lucky, beautiful
morning.
Cheers,
Peter Miller
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