Raptor near the beginning of the main Canberra International Airport runway (across the road in Pictureresque Pialligo)

["Philip Veerman" <>]

It is a young Black-shouldered Kite. Maybe the reason you are not sure is that young birds are largely brown, adults are white grey & black.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Schranz [
Sent: Wednesday, 9 July 2014 5:03 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Cc: forces380unseat
Subject: [canberrabirds] Raptor near the beginning of the main Canberra International Airport runway (across the road in Pictureresque Pialligo)

Hi Folks

After a trip with Cub & Joey Scouts to the Air Traffic Control Tower & Fire Station on Monday morning decided to park under the main runway incoming flight path looking for metallic birds.

Found the following raptor - but it was up too high or distant most of the time to get a good lock - even with a 50X zoom. Thought it might be a raptor (considering the stoop position) and maybe even a kite (whistling or otherwise) but haven't had the time to pore over my guide books & apps in detail.

So a simple fun puzzle for your Avian Aficionados.

Picture Link: https://db.tt/TCv0imbx

Enjoy!

Harold