> they are not likely to be high priority species
> for a close look, for most observers. Therefore
> people are not so likely to spend time looking
> closely at that species in that place, to enable
> finding colour bands.
I've attempted on a few occasions to 'read' the colour leg bands on
Paul's Brown Falcons at Werribee, and never succeeded! They usually fly
off before I get close enough to get a good look, or the light is awful
and all the colours look the same, or they're already in flight and the
legs are partly tucked into feathers. I do try - truly.
L.
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Lawrie Conole
Senior Zoologist
Ecology Australia Pty. Ltd.
Flora and Fauna Consultants
88B Station Street
FAIRFIELD VIC 3078 Australia
e-mail:
ph: (03) 9489 4191; mob: (0419) 588 993
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