Hi All
At about 4.15 this afternoon, walking down from the Black Mountain
tower in Canberra, and just coming out onto the road that seperates
the Botanical Gardens from the ANU campus, , I saw a mysterious
raptor. I was first alerted by a series of extraodinary calls - very
loud, very harsh; repeated, unlike anything I know. I was not even
sure whether it was a bird at all. And then while I was hopelessly
fumbling in my bag to get my bins out, a raptor emerged at about
treetop high from the ANU side 50 or so meters away, crossed the road
and disappeared over the botanical gardens, giving a couple of those
calls as it went. I got no view of its head or face marking/colour
(my angle was wrong), but it was long-tailed, grey, and flew with
powerful, but slow and deep wing-beats. Quite a big bird; certainly
bigger than any of the local cockatoos (id guess about palm cockatoo
size)
any suggestions?
--
Kim Sterelny
Philosophy Program
RSSS, ANU and
Philosophy Department
Victoria University Wellington
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Philosophy Program
Research School of the Social Sciences
Australian National University
0200 Canberra, ACT, Australia
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61- (0)2 6125-2886; messages: Di Crosse: Administrator, Philosophy Program
61-(0)2 -6125 2341,
fax 61-(0)2 - 6125 3294
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Wellington, New Zealand
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