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My
response is that whilst Geoffrey's response is rather facetious, that is also
understandable. I am left wondering what sort of help you want, Jude. As in you
are the one that was there, I, like the rest of the readers were not, so I don't
know what we can add. You list things that suggest a Brown Falcon, and
reasonably suggest that is what you think it is. There is no reason why it
wouldn't be. Given that, I would be happy to leave it as that. (As for example
the young Brush Cuckoo that Con posted the other day.) I don't know what would
raise with you a green impression, nor what you mean by "shorter rounded wing
shape". As in more short and round than what? Likely by comparison with other
species that have long, pointed wing shape, though that is a guess. A
Brown Falcon has a longer more pointed wing shape than a Brown Goshawk (one of
the confusable species). But a Brown Goshawk does not have very clearly marked
'teardrops', so it wasn't that.
A
minor point that you wrote markings as a juvenile Brown Falcon but the
variation in this species is so wide and with no easily seen age features, that
it is my belief that deciding on what is a juvenile, rather than an adult, from
appearances alone, is something that can only be done in the best
circumstances of observation and / or by someone who knows them really well. As
in other than by behaviour, such as an adult feeding a chick, there is no way a
person would pick it as a juvenile and yet not be certain of what species it is.
Philip
From: jude
hopwood [ Sent: Tuesday, 12 March 2013 4:52
AM To:
COG
Subject: [canberrabirds] ID please
Dear Chatliners,
Yesterday, Currawang, -34.980854,149.510965, markings as
a juvenile Brown Falcon with very clearly marked 'teardrops', back extremely
dark greenish brown, belly brown with white vent, shorter rounded wing shape, no
feathering on legs. Size consistent with BF.
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