John Leonard wrote:
>
> Eric,
>
> As long as you're sure about your ID then there's no problem. Grey Falcons'
> main range is the very centre: southern NT, Simpson Desert, Channel Country,
> extreme NW NSW &c &c, but in drought years they wander widely; one was at
> Griffith, NSW for some time a couple of years back, and a very reliable
> Canberra birdo recently reckoned he saw one over the Botanical Gardens in
> Canberra. They do wander anywhere where solid forest isn't, so there would
> be no problem in one getting to Maldon, as cleared farm-land is, sadly,
> rather similar, structurally and ecologically, to desert (the GF's preferred
> habitat).
>
> The reason why they aren't seen more often is because they are crushingly
> rare, only a few thousands birds in all. They're very hard to find, even in
> their preferred habitat, and when they wander, they're just a handful of
> birds in a very large area, so they're hardly ever seen. I expect your
> record is making a great many birdos on birding-aus tear their hair out in
> envy.
>
> I've seen one GF, an immature just south of Sturt National Park, had very
> good views, and it was one of the great birding experiences of my life, make
> that one of the great experiences of my life.
>
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> John Leonard (Dr),
> PO Box 243,
> Woden, ACT 2606
>
> 'I thought of New York as a Hemlock forest that had
> been logged too heavily....'
> Murray Gell-Mann
>
>
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The Griffith reference isnt right.Three of us saw the bird at Warrawidge
e, near Griffith more than 30 years ago
Greville Reidy. .
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