Rose-crowned Fruit-dove

["Jan England " <>]

I arrived home this afternoon from Melbourne to find a dead Rose-crowned 
Fruit-dove in my garden.  It had crashed into my bedroom window (where the 
blinds were closed) but in the process of hitting the window it had broken a 
wing and both its top and bottom mandibles were smashed.  Not only that, it 
left a complete white powdery outline of its body with the wings outstretched 
on the window.  It must have been flying at a very fast rate.  Maybe the local 
goshawk was chasing it!  They often call from just across from my house and a 
sad ending for such a beautiful bird.

Jan
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