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A non-birding raptor day on the Atherton tablelands

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Subject: A non-birding raptor day on the Atherton tablelands
From: "Alan Gillanders" <>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:36:30 +1000
Yesterday I was teaching in Atherton. Not by design I was without binoculars but still had a great raptor day. Before I had left the village of Yungaburra a pair of Bazas flew across the road. Near the Curtain fig turn off was a male Grey Goshawk sitting on a power line. After crossing the Barron River I saw Black Kites and a Spotted Harrier near the strawberry farm at Marks Lane. On the dry gully coming down the NE face of Hallorans Hill was a Square-tailed Kite.

After work I visited a friend in Tolga where we saw a Brown Falcon which did the short hovering that they occasionally perform. Missed the Kestrels which are usually about her paddocks but did see Black-shouldered Kite.

In almost the same spot as the Spotted Harrier had been in the morning there was a Swamp Harrier on my way home. A Pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles finished off the day for raptors as I drove through the Seven Sisters (cinder cones) west of Yungaburra.

Regards,
Alan Gillanders

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