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Hi everyone,
I need yet another confirmation of ID for a species I’ve never ID’d before! My guess is a whistling kite, due to the unbarred tail, and that the all the pics of a little eagle in my Bird Guide have it standing up on the perch, whereas the whistling
kite in the photo is ‘sitting’ as are the ones in my guide.
The kite soared in lazily from the south, spooking the pink-eared’s and sending the lapwings hysterical. It circled a few times around the trees in front of the popular group of hides on the west side of Kelly’s, then perched for a few minutes,
dipped again to the islands that the trees live on, and came up and perched in the same tree. Then I noticed it tearing at something in its talons. Unfortunately, I was hidden amongst the reeds south of the hides, and never had a good view (this pic is taken
at 840 mm equivalent through the reeds, and heavily cropped). I wonder what it caught? Seems fairly small, perhaps a crake??
Also saw/photo’d a reed warbler today at Kelly’s Swamp, I noticed it has never been recorded at the JB Wetlands hotspot on ebird before in July, so I’ll submit a list for it this morning with photo’s attached.
Cheers,
Steve.  |
