Letter-winged Kites reported from Beaudesert, SE QLD

["Tim Murphy" <>]

David Redhead went and had a look. Black-shouldered as was suspected after the reporter got a really good look at them

 

Tim Murphy

-----Original Message-----
From: [On Behalf Of Tim Murphy
Sent: Monday, 6 December 2004 10:34 AM
To: bird
Subject: RE: [BIRDING-AUS] Letter-winged Kites reported from Beaudesert, SE QLD

The observer has just rung me and said that he saw the birds well last night, just hovering over his house, and that there was a lot of black under the wings but no noticeable "S" or "Z" markings. If someone in the Beaudesert area could have a look it might be well to confirm the birds identity.

 

Tim Murphy

-----Original Message-----
From: [On Behalf Of Tim Murphy
Sent: Sunday, 5 December 2004 2:18 PM
To: bird
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Letter-winged Kites reported from Beaudesert, SE QLD

I have just had a report of a pair of Letter-winged Kites which have been hunting over the fields at 383 Cryma Road,  a km west of Beaudesert. The birds are reported to hunt only at dawn and dusk which sounds right.

 

Since there is a mouse plague there them may stay around for a while.

 

I was going to go down today but there, has been have just had 50 mm of rain and the place is waterlogged.

 

Tim Murphy