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There
is only one little error in Margaret's message (the word "not"). It certainly was a whistling kite and
in this case it is very easily picked as such from very good photos.
Though a call of it made a rapid “kak-kak-kak” call
is not what I would expect someone to write of a
whistling kite (that fits falcons or goshawks
etc) but that description happens to be even less fitting of a swamp harrier.
I remain
intrigued into the process at which people ID birds. The other day
I was with one old bloke at Lake Tuggeranong and he was talking about all
the Mynas at his place, but the behaviour he was describing (of digging up the
garden) was to me very suggestive of Blackbirds. So I was wondering about his
accuracy but didn't comment further. Then he pointed out a "pelican" at the
water's edge, it was a swan. Then he pointed out a "little finch" flying around
us, it was a Welcome Swallow. I did correct those at which he said: "I really
don't know, most birds look the same to me".
Philip
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