Hobby vs Noisy Friarbird

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Subject:	Hobby vs Noisy Friarbird
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Date:	Sun, 3 Mar 2019 07:02:25 +0000

After a visit to Mount Clear ( 6 Needletails seen ) I pulled into Old Boboyan Road for a quick look.

After going across the low level crossings i noticed a Hobby so pulled up and got out of the car to get some pics. It turned out there were 2 Hobbys and i watched them flying around catching Grasshoppers often eating them on the fly. A Noisy Friarbird was calling from a perch in a nearby tree and soon took flight. A Hobby took off chasing the Friarbird and made contact but except for quite a few feathers lost the Hobby did not get his prey. The Friarbird continued with the Hobby chasing it but the Friarbird made it to a tree just in time.

During this time i also saw 3 Wedge-tailed Eagle, 2 Brown Goshawk (chasing Starlings) and a Nankeen Kestrel swooping the now perched Brown Goshawk.

A quick stop at the Yankee Hat carpark there were Dusky and White-browed Woodswallow with young.

Due to distance not a good pic but include the point of impact shot.

Shorty

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