More Brown Goshawk @ mulligans (film)

[David Rees <>]

Robin

Nice one, it seems their close Australian relations do the same thing, different leg though!  Or are these birds left or right handed or it does it depend of their judgement of the perch?

For those wondering, I've had a look frame by frame in the editor of the original footage and I cannot see anything visibly wrong with the birds' foot/leg.

David

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Robin Hide <> wrote:

re one footed perching by hawks…  a couple of illustrations (by G.E. Lodge*) from Mavrogordato, J.G. 1960 A Hawk for the Bush: a treatise on the training of the Sparrow-Hawk and other Short-winged Hawks. London: H. F.and G.Witherby

 

Robin

 

 

 

 

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edward_Lodge

 

 

From: David Rees
Sent: Sunday, 21 January 2018 1:02 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] More Brown Goshawk @ mulligans (film)

 

Here we see two female 'teenagers' hanging about.  One is trying to perch with one foot (something I cannot say I've seen a hawk do before) high up in a tree on a windy day- as it tries to maintain its raptor 'dignity' - with difficulty.....,  its sibling has a better idea.

 

Fimed 20+ metres up in a big tree in Mulligans a few days ago.

https://vimeo.com/251995071

 

Enjoy

 

David