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Bob Forsyth wrote:
Nearer home yesterday, on the western
shores of Lake Moondarra, with Bill & Del Saunders of Port Macquarie,
we watched a pair of Black Falcons for 1/2 hour.As we got to
about 80m they would glide away and land again on the grass. But the scope
confirmed the species. This was my first sighting of this species near Mount
Isa,.
Hi Bob
When I was in the Broken Hill area in far
north-western NSW a few years ago, I had a group of 3 Black Falcons on the
ground (which I also saw at that same spot 2 days before) and was
amazed how close I got to them within 15 metres or so (and even more closer
while in the car). If I got too close they wouldn't fly too far away on their
slightly down curved and long pointed wings and relatively long tail. I
also got close to one of the Black Falcons last year at the East Maitland
tip as it perched for over an hour on a antennae. But despite being
this close, they have got to be watched in flight, typically seen slowly
circling over the area (at times Raven like) than picking up with amazing speed
when pursuing prey with wings held or slightly drooped (different to any other
falcon in Australia).
At least one of the Black Falcons sean at the East
Maitland Tip in NSW (there could be an adult pair and a juv. bird hanging
about) appears to be a fairly young (juv./Imm.) bird with lack of any visible
facial and cheek markings (and is quite a dark bird).
Edwin Vella
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