Yes Carl.
One logical alternative - given issues of commonality and description - to
Short-tailed Eagle is pale male Swamp Harrier. They can have a greyiish head,
white belly. yellow legs, and longish tail with some barring. Laurie saw the
bird twice, at 12:30 and 18:00, so it should be still about. This is a
relatively easy place to reach, with a local abundance of birders, so some form
of confirmation should be straightforward. A photographs would be good.
As with any bird report, 'possibility' sightings are a standard part of birding
and bird reporting. I lost count of how many 'possible' birds I've seen, some
rejected and accepted. Questioning what you seen is good practice.
As a complete aside to this, (for some reason) I recently revisited a memory of
a small group of birds I'd seen when I was 10 yrs old. Completely stumped at
the time, I now realised they were immature Brown Treecreeper.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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From: Carl Clifford
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 4:36 PM
To: Tim Dolby
Cc:
Subject: Possible Short-toed Eagle
Tim,
Do you mean Circaetus gallicus? If it is, it certainly is a bit lost,
at least 8,500 Km from normal range, in India, not to mention the
distance to it's European breeding areas or it's African range. If so,
it is a truly exciting find. If there is one in Vic., I wonder how
many may be between there and Northern Australia, where it has
probably entered the country after island hopping down the Indonesian
Archipelago from Thailand or Malaysia. It is on the official Malaysian
list, so it is not unreasonable to expect one (or more) to wander down
through through the Sundas to Australia.
They are a handsome bird, I used to see them regularly on the Pays de
Sault in the French Pyrenees feeding up after hay cutting, prior to
heading down to Africa.
Well done Lawrie, certainly the sighting of 2010. Much more exciting
than those blow ins they get on Christmas and Cocos.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 27/12/2010, at 3:29 PM, Tim Dolby wrote:
Hi All,
Just had a report of a possible Short-toed Eagle by Lawrie Conole at
Hovel Creek upstream of the Princes Hwy, Lara. See http://tinyurl.com/2bycz92
. This site is just past the Beach Rd turn-off to the Western
Treatment Plant. Lawrie says that he's familiar with Short-toed Eagle
and is 99% certain of ID.
For further details see
http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=6
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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