Bazas can be backyard birds in Brisbane - I had one myself a couple of
years ago.
LK
On Sunday, July 31, 2005, at 04:38 PM, Syd Curtis wrote:
Crested Hawk was what came to my mind when I read Jana's posting,
because of
the barring, but the crest surely would have been obvious?
Crested Hawks were present on Tamborine Mountain (inland from the Gold
Coast) when I was growing up there in the 1930s. My mother, a keen
observer
of the local natural history, told me that unlike other hawks they did
not
eat other birds, but fed on insects. To my child's mind this seemed an
admirable characteristic and so they were my favourite hawk species.
Also
their call was so easy to recognise.
But there's an implication in Bill Jolly's comment that maybe they do
take
small birds.
Anyone on birding-aus observed this?
Syd
From: "Bill Jolly" <>
Reply-To: <>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:10:05 +1000
To: "Birding Aus" <>, "Jana"
<>
Subject: RE: [BIRDING-AUS] Bird of prey in my backyard
Hi Jana
Without a full description, I won't try to ID the bird, but don't
overlook
Pacific Baza - a bird I've often seen in West End down towards Hill
End,
between Montague and Hardgrave Roads. I've seen them perched on roof
gutters.
A pigeon would be a bit big for a Baza to tackle, but it could have
been
startled and flown into someone's window. It's all guesswork!!
Bill Jolly
"Abberton",
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
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-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of Jana
Sent: Saturday, 30 July 2005 1:04 PM
To:
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Bird of prey in my backyard
Hi everyone,
After hearing a loud clunk on our roof, we looked out the window and
saw
a dead pigeon on the ground. We went out to see what had happened, and
to our amazement, saw a bird of prey on our roof, which then flew
into a
tree in our backyard, where it is still sitting, being hassled by
Noisy
miners, and our resident Grey Butcherbird and Willie Wagtail.
I'm in West End, Brisbane (only a km or so from the CBD and right near
the river), and being a reasonably amateur birder, am not sure what
this
bird is. The only birds that look similar in my field guide are
juvenile
Collared Sparrowhawk or Brown Goshawk, as it has very distinct brown
barring on its breast and belly. The bird's feathers are quite
ruffled,
so it is difficult to tell, but it appears to have a more rounded than
square tail, which according to my guide would make it a Brown
Goshawk.
So I guess I'm asking if this would be a bird that I could expect to
see
in what is virtually inner city Brisbane??
Cheers,
Jana.
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