Hi Robin,
Great photo, it looks like a Brown Falcon to me. The plumage and body
shape are suggestive of this; the one in your photo is very dark but
they can be quite variable.
Cheers,
Beth
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On 02/01/2010, at 6:46 PM, Robin Hide <> wrote:
Out on the Uriarra Rd this afternoon just before the left turn down
to the river park before the crossing there was a raptor on a dead
tree(attached, poor photo) that has me puzzled. Not seen in flight.
A harrier? or??
Grateful for suggestions.
Beyond the crossing we saw a Singing Bushlark, Pipits and I think
Rufous Songlarks. (Many thanks Beth and others for the earlier
reporting!)
Returning between the Cotter Pumping Station and Stromlo on a
v.winding part of the road with motorbikes tailgating and making
slowdown or stopping difficult, my wife glimpsed another raptor
perched on a branch to the left of the road- tentatively a Grey
Goshawk after consulting handbooks/online photos.
Robin Hide
<2 January 2010 Uriarra 28 Raptor r.jpg>
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