Hi all,
I went for a quick trip to the Callum Brae Reserve in Canberra's south
yesterday. Despite it being windy and in the middle of the day I saw 30
species in about an hour including Weebill and Leaden Flycatcher building
nests, Rufous Songlark calling, Willie Wagtail defending territory, several
Speckled Warbler and Crimson Rosella in a tree hollow. The highlight was as
I was getting back into the car at the end. I heard 'bird of prey' noises in
the trees across the road. On investigation it was three Hobby in a nest.
One stayed in the nest while the other two flew across the road, one of them
looked like an immature bird following an adult which was carrying prey. I
managed to find the adult perched in a tree but couldn't locate the other
bird. I thought it could have been a young bird being encouraged to fly or
hunt although I don't know what time of year that would normally happen,
Nick
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