Philip, yes, we were pretty surprised to see so many (and we saw none there
last time). I'd guess that it might be two families, as we saw three close
together on trees in the dam and three soaring together over the dam at the
same time. Didn't notice juvenile features but they were in silhouette a lot of
the time so hard to tell. A lot of calling too from the birds in the air, which
we heard as we approached the dam.
Steph
On 11/02/2013, at 6:30 PM, "Philip Veerman" <> wrote:
> Could the 6 Whistling Kites be a family or maybe 2? That sure is a lot for
> here. Just off the top of my head, that many adults independently together
> would be a significant achievement in Canberra, in contrast, a suggestion of
> a successful breeding with that many young would also be very interesting
> (not just locally). Juveniles differ from adults in appearance mainly in
> having lots of pale spots on the upper surface of the wings and back,
> whereas adults are plain brown.
>
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephanie Haygarth
> Sent: Monday, 11 February 2013 6:06 PM
> To: canberra birds
> Subject: [canberrabirds] Mulligans Flat today
>
>
> At the big dam this morning our highlights were 6 Whistling kites and 2
> Wedgetailed eagles (as well as a Brown falcon and a Brown goshawk). Also a
> female Musk duck and lots of Shovellers, as well as Lathams snipe and R-k
> and B-f dotterels. Steph and Matt
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