I was out the front of the house doing some marking when I heard a
disturbance of crows. A pair of Wedgetails was cruising over the tree
tops - an uncommon sight in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. The
wedgies' responses to their corvid tails was to soar to an altitude
where the crows lost interest, and to continue on their way towards the
coast.
Today's beautiful winter weather [horizon to horizon blue sky with a
light westerly] is a bit of a contrast to this time last week [when the
westerlies were much stronger]. I was bushwalking with some friends in
the Mistake range and noticed a Wedgetail gliding into the wind with
wings half-folded - an uncommon posture for the large fellas. The
avian highpoint of last weekend's walk was on the Sunday [by then wind
had dropped off] when I was able to sit at the top of a natural
amphitheatre and watch a Peregrine in flight (with some Tasmanian
camembert and a 10 year old Coonawarra cab sav in hand).
Regards, Laurie.
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