black-faced cuckoo-shrike (Sydney Park, St Peters, Sydney, NSW)

["storm" <>]

I was recently watching a BFCShrike hunting exactly as you describe.
Furthermore it was doing a remarkable job of hovering almost kestrel-like.
>From memory there was a light breeze at the time.

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YES!! it was the quasi-raptor appearance that really surprised me. I saw the
bird out of the corner of my eye and when it was a BFCS I mostly didn't
believe it.

Thanks everyone for their feedback.  I am glad I wasn't imagining the
behaviour. I can see that it could be both hunting and / or display
behaviour.

cheers

storm

(and Murry Magpie be darned, everyone knows they are mudlarks!)




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