Fw: Grey Goshawks at Buckley's Falls, Fyansford

Last night i went to see if the Goshawks
where around.  Unfortunatley, no sign of them, but there was one Brown
Goshawk in the area,

As i was driving down into the valley
though, i caught a splash of white in a small bush on the steep valley
incline of the Fyansford Deviation.  I pulled over to check if it
was the goshawks, and was suddenly surrounded by 70-80+ Gang Gang Cockatoos.
 They landed in small 5-6 foot high bushes fruiting with red berries,
with each bush containing about 20 Gang Gang's each. Amazing!  For
such small bushes, you could barely  see the foliage through the Gang
Gang's busily feeding the berries.  Each bush had a mixture of Male,
Female and Juvenile birds, with a large variety of plumage differences
and different stages of crest development etc.  It was such a fantastic
thing to experience, and i managed in my excitement to get a few photos
and video's despite the rather ordinary lighting conditions.

I took a photo of the berries they were
feeding on, and would appreciate an ID from anyone experienced with plants.

Is this number of Gang Gang's significant?
I certainly haven't seen them in these number before.


Peter      



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Peter Fuller/Callista

03/03/2004 02:03 PM

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Subject	Grey Goshawks at Buckley's Falls, Fyansford

There were 3 white morph Grey Goshawks
down at Buckleys Falls near Fyansford,  Geelong on Monday evening.

I'll check on them again tonight to
see if they are still in the area. 

If anyone would like directions, please
contact me.

Peter