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Dear Birding-Ausers,
Just a couple of interesting local sightings here
in Bundaberg.
3 Glossy Black Cockatoos in casuarinas in my back
yard on the river on Saturday morning...this a first on my garden
list.Fantastically, we planted the trees 10 years ago as a potential food source
for the Glossies and they haven't let us down.I was lucky to see them as they
were so quiet.The movement caught my eye from the top of our block.I got to
within 5 m of them and unfortunately they casually flew off towards the river.It
is incredible that on an acre and half of revegetated riverfront that such
wonderful birds visit us.The Red Tailed BC's often fly over but haven't called
in for a break yet.
The other sighting is a first for me...a Red
Goshawk,just west of the new traffic bridge in Bundy.I got a terrific look from
about 25 m away and am confident it was it....a flatter wing profile than the
Square -tailed Kite (which we see regularly);yellow legs without feathers and
very barred underneath with shorter wing fingers.The red was redder than all the
STKites I've seen and the flight was more rapid without the normal circling
motion.As it departed west it went higher and out of sight.Certainly not
Little Eagle , Spotted Harrier or Brahminy Kite (all of which are seen
regularly also).
All very exciting,
Bill
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