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Sparrowhawk and bathing query

To: "'Robin Hide'" <>, "'Canberra Birds'" <>
Subject: Sparrowhawk and bathing query
From: "Margaret Leggoe" <>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:16:50 +1100

I noticed the crimson rosellas and SCCockies at Newline this morning had wet feathers which I put down to the long wet grass.

 

Margaret Leggoe

 

From: Robin Hide [
Sent: Sunday, 21 November 2010 12:33 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Sparrowhawk and bathing query

 

Walking on the cyclepath along the western edge of Lake Ginninderra this morning, we went to investigate a loud hullabaloo from a wagtail, a magpie lark and a honeyeater in a willow overhanging the lake. About 3 m above the water on a branch of the willow was what I think was a Collared Sparrowhawk which appeared to be drying and preening its feathers as if it had just bathed.  Would a Sparrowhawk bathe at the edge of large body of water like LG?
Robin Hide

CSH

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