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Hello all on Birding-aus,
Further to Chris Sanderson's record of massing
Little Eagles which was completely unexpected.
On 17th March 2003 at the
Mowbray River several kilometres south of Port Douglas I witnessed a similar
situation with fourteen Brahminy Kites. All of the birds were in the air
appearing to catch large insects of some type. There were nine in adult plumage
and five immatures. All were flying adjacent to the river over a stretch of
about six hundred metres. They remained in the area for at least twenty
minutes.
This sighting was surprising as
out of post breeding season seldom are they found in more than pairs.Also I
wouldn't have considered that there were fouteen within thirty
kilometres.
The only other species in the
vicinity were numerous White-rumped Swiflets that were sharing the same
airspace.
Regards,
Del. Richards, Fine Feather Tours, Mossman,
NQ.
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