Fwd: Re: [canberrabirds] what a ruckus!

[Mark Clayton <>]

Meant to send this to the group, not just Sue.

Mark

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Subject:	Re: [canberrabirds] what a ruckus!
Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:02:43 +1000
From:	Mark Clayton m("bigpond.com","chollop7");"> <>
To:	Sue Lashko m("gmail.com","smlashko");"> <>

We are either seeing an irruption of white morph Grey  Goshawks males or there is one doing the rounds of North Lyneham, Kaleen and Giralang. Sue's bird is potentially the same one as Cook is not that far as the goshawk flies from those three suburbs. Philip's bird is a long way from this side of town but who knows .......??!!

Mark

On 14/04/2020 7:30 pm, Sue Lashko wrote:

This afternoon I was taking my daily exercise at the back of Cook when I heard a cacophony of sound and the sight of magpies, Noisy Miners and Magpie-larks flying in and out of a eucalypt.  Closer investigation revealed a white morph Grey Goshawk with a starling clutched to its breast while it balanced on its other leg on an open branch.  A butcherbird and a kookaburra were watching from neighbouring trees, perhaps hoping the goshawk would drop its catch, but they had no luck as they goshawk flew, with a band of escorts, about 50 metres to a denser tree where it settled in and the pursuers left it alone. The goshawk's small size suggested that it was a male.

Hope you are all seeing some nice birds on your daily walks.

Sue

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