Hobby hunting in low light

["Richard Fuller" <>]

Hi all,

We saw one chasing small bats at dusk at Bowra (south-west Queensland) a few 
weekends ago. It eventually caught one and proceeded to eat it on a branch in 
front of us.

The report from our very successful trip is available at:

http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqrfulle/Blog.htm

with best wishes,

Richard Fuller


Spatial Ecology Lab
The Ecology Centre
The University of Queensland
St Lucia
QLD 4072
Australia
 
Tel: +61 (0)7 3365 2454

-----Original Message-----
From:  
 On Behalf Of michael norris
Sent: 02 July 2008 21:51
To: Richard Johnstone; 
Subject: Hobby hunting in low light

HI Richard

I've 5 records of Hobby hunting at dusk (including one in June) down here in
SE Melbourne. I suspect they are after birds settling into roosts (eg.
sparrows in shopping centres).

But the closest I've ever been to one was when I was on a cliff top at dawn
and it hurtled past about 1 metre off the ground and 2 m from me in very low
light (and then rose against the sky so I could i/d it).

Michael Norris
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