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ID assistance - raptor Uriarra Rd

To: Robin Hide <>
Subject: ID assistance - raptor Uriarra Rd
From: Beth Mantle <>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:53:44 +1100
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
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