This is expected. This is the time that young have left the nest and they tend to be noisy. As I have written many times, the Australian Hobby features as
a sort of highlight (if you are interested) in Canberra in February. That is the main reason why I chose them as the front cover bird for The GBS Report (also because I just happened to have a painting I did of one, some years earlier, that would make a nice
bit of artwork of mine to put on the cover). Indeed this was first described by me in 1991:
(1991) ‘The monthly pattern of records of the Australian Hobby
Falco longipennis in Canberra, A.C.T.’, Australian Bird Watcher 14: 70–72. (Analysis of a species whose annual routine is very consistent.)
It appears though that the consistency of the pattern has reduced a bit. But hard to know as the COG ABR no longer contain the monthly abundance graphs that were so useful in the early years. Once
again highlights the need to redo and update The GBS Report.
Philip
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Hobbies in Giralang
I'm pretty sure I had two Australian Hobbies fly over my place at Giralang this afternoon. Gliding low. I seem to recall Duncan spotting them at Giralang Pond some time back?
