birding-aus red goshawk and sooty owls in NE NSW

[Anthony Mitchell <>]

Hello All

on Monday 6th December I saw a red goshawk about 10 km west of Mt Warning
in the far NE corner of NSW.  I had great views for at least 5 minutes
and I am sure it wasn't a juvenile anything or any other raptor.  It was 
my second red goshawk, the other one I saw in Qld 1995.

If you are heading that way you may want to keep an eye out for it.

Also on the same trip, we spotlighted a sooty owl with the hindquarters
of a greater glider (Petauroides volans) firmly clamped in its talons.
There were three other sooty owls calling from within 100 metres, so we
suspect it was a pair of adults with 2 dependant young. 

cheers
Anthony Mitchell and Jo Chadwick




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