No opinion on the spots, but I’ve seen adult Spotted Harriers in the Parkwood/Riverview/Dunlop and associated NSW border area several times in the last five years.
Alison R
From: David Rees <>
Sent: Monday, 14 January 2019 5:19 PM
To: Julian Robinson <>
Cc: canberrabirds chatline <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Harrier ID please
I have some distant scrappy video of the same bird (given its 'feather combo'). taken when last there ( 8th Jan). Given the number of birds , like the quail that are there, there is plenty of reason for it to 'hang about".
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 1:03 PM Julian Robinson <> wrote:
Can anyone give me a diagnosis of this distant harrier seen at Parkwood Road on Saturday please? I’ve tried examining the ‘spots’ but can’t clearly distinguish between the spots
of a spotted or the streaks of a swamp. The undertail has strong bars which I believe is more indicative of a spotted. No sign of a white rump that I could see but not sure if it would be visible in the views I got.
Thanks,
Julian
