As for "I wondered if they were young birds as they weren't really as
focused as I have seen adult birds to be." There is a difference in colour,
the young are less grey than adults and browner and rather speckled above
with reddish feather edges. Although that is not easily seen on birds flying
above. That is likely as this is the time of year that young are out. Or
probably most likely is adults attending to young in the post fledging
period. I established this in my article; (1991) 'The monthly pattern of
records of the Australian Hobby Falco longipennis in Canberra, A.C.T.',
Australian Bird Watcher 14: 70-72. and have given it prominence on the cover
of The GBS Report.
Philip
-----Original Message-----From: casburnj Sent:
Thursday, 21 February 2013 5:07 PM To: 'sandra henderson'
Cc: canberrabirds Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Callum Brae today
Two very good days for you Sandra! Today I had two Hobbies circling noisily
around upper Duffy and near the house and chasing a Crested Pigeon. Their
aerial acrobatics were breathtaking at times - diving down and wheeling
around. One of the hobbies actually came and flew right over my head on the
front terrace. I think because it saw me watching it with the bins. It
didn't swoop but was within metres. I wondered if they were young birds as
they weren't really as focused as I have seen adult birds to be? Also 3
Yellow Tailed Blacks appeared to be alarmed by the Hobbies. Cheers Jean
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