Dear Birdologists,
Yesterday I was up on Mt. Buninyong, outside Ballarat,
when I saw a hawk circling on the wind, down below, over some paddocks. It had
brown wings and along the edges of the wings, a black trim,so to speak.
Having viewed it through my binoculars, I gave up any ideas of photographing
it, due to the several hundred meters between us.
At about 3.30pm, I fell asleep in my car, window open, arm half out.
Something awoke me at 3.43pm, and I looked up at my windscreen, to see a large
hawk, perched on my windscreen wiper, gazing back at me.
This hawk had black chest feathers, with flecks of yellow on the tips as I
recall, and yellow circles around dark eyes and a yellow beak. He was about the
size of a domestic chook I suppose or close to it.
Certainly bigger than a magpie.
He did not seem alarmed and finished looking, then flew to a nearby gum tree,
turned for another look, and winged it away, circling around again.
This bird is the most beautiful creature I have seen since last Tuesday, when
Caylie M. worked front desk at the gym. She's more in the dove category, though
as sharp as a hawk.
>From my description, can you identify the hawk, please? The terrain is heavily
>wooded on the mountain, and the farmland is open with clumps of gums.
I look forward to a reply at your convenience, please.
Kind regards,
Peter Kennedy
Ballarat North
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