G'Day Michael and top of the millennium to you,
Have just
come back from Big Desert and Wyperfield Wilderness Area. I have
identified a
raptor as either Brown Goshawk or Collared Sparrowhawk. There
were three
birds in the one spot...2 parents? and a slightly fleecy
juvenile, hopping
around cypress pines. Was off-white with brown 'V'
striping continuously down
its front. It had brown on its head and its wings
were of the dark brown you
find on a Black Falcon. It continually made a
"kee-kee-kee-kee-kee" noise. (I
am sure I have heard this noise plenty of
times before...is there another
bird that makes this call?). Which of the
two would it be??
Thanx in
advance, Nigel
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To: Birding-aus
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Date:
Monday, 27 December 1999 15:23
Subject: birding-aus Collared Sparrowhawks in
SE Melbourne
>Those sparrowhawks are back at Cheltenham Park,
based in the
>pines near the cemetery with the young hanging out around
the
>teatree (outside the flora and fauna reserve). That's 3
years
>running now: where do they go outside the breeding season
?
>
>Best of luck in 2000
>
>Michael
Norris
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