Corellas, Peregrine etc .. better still Jack

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Try taking the boardwalk that's starts next to the bottom of Salmon Street, Hastings Caravan Park. If you've got a good Hawk eye like you, you can see from time to time WB Sea Eagles raising young.

 

Missed you again Jack eh grrr

 

Jack biro'd:

G'day Folks,

 

Last evening in Glen Waverley a mob of Corellas flew through in full voice in pitch dark, at about 7:20 pm. As far as I could tell by the calls most seemed to be Littles, but there were at least a handful of Long-billeds among them. I would guess at least 40-50 birds in total. They were audible for four or five minutes milling around.

 

At dawn this morning there was a Peregrine Falcon ( male, I think, by the size)

 

Yep he is.

 

Circling over the Steel Wharf at BHP Hastings (Western Port); with the red sun sitting on French Island, he belted over the gantry and snatched a Common Starling.

 

My blessed troops have named him "Ford" steel eyed Ford Falcon.

 

I saw him bend over the prey in his talons and apparently bite it, exactly in accordance with the books and the Cuppers' training films for falcons.

 

He seems to have a dining out spot?

 

Darter flying over Hastings township, and three Grey Shrike-thrushes foraging in saltmarsh immediately south of the town, next to Warrangine Creek.

 

I've got some before/after White man invasion photo's you might like mate.

 

I'll be keeping an eye on messages about the Werribee Oriental Pratincoles and Northern Shoveler for the rest of the week - might make a dash at the weekend if it seems still promising.  Would be a couple of nice ticks ...

 

Hey why not ask Unca Tonnes he likes dashing back and forth, and back and forth.

 

Regards,

JAG

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