G'day Laurie,
Your first report described the tail as longish, was that the case or was it
shortish like a Little Eagle.
You have now reported seeing two in Australia, would you say they were both
essentially the same in appearance.
Cheers Jeff.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Lawrie Conole
Sent: Tuesday, 28 December 2010 5:47 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Re: Possible Short-toed Eagle
Further to Tim's earlier message - Swamp Harrier is definitely not an
option - in /jizz/ this bird is a small eagle, soaring & turning tightly
on flat wings - no wafting about with wings in a deep vee. My first
impression at distance was Little Eagle, until I saw the tail, etc.
On 27/12/10 8:07 PM, Lawrie Conole wrote:
> Hi there
>
> My library tells me that Short-toed Eagles (/Circaetus gallicus/)
> migrate as far south as Timor, so Australia is not much of a stretch
> (certainly not 8,500km out of range!) - though getting as far south as
> Geelong is a bit unexpected.
>
> I recall being in a convoy of birders that included Margaret Cameron
> and other notables, somewhere out in Victoria's Western District
> /circa/ 1979-1980 - the consensus of the birders who had some
> experience outside Australia then was that the odd raptor we saw that
> day was a Short-toed Eagle.
>
> I'd love for some people to see the bird and confirm the ID ...
>
>
> --
> Lawrie Conole
> Northcote 3070 AUSTRALIA
> lconole[at]gmail.com
>
>
>
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