Hi Tony
No doubt at all that your bird is a young Swamp Harrier.
I had a Black-breasted Buzzard record in 1982, during the big drought at the
time in Victoria, near Bacchus Marsh - it was of a single young bird with not
much black on the chest, but it was certainly a definite BB Buzzard - you never
know, one might turn up in Melb one day !!
I gave Ed a lot of good notes for Hattah-Kulkyne for many of the trickier
birds, so curious how you guys went...??
Cheers
Martin Cachard
Cairns
0428 782 808
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 06:33:25 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Raptor ID: Williamstown, Melbourne 6th June
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> Many thanks to everyone who replied - some interesting suggestions and it
> looks like the Swamp Harrier has it. I'd not seen one in that plumage before,
> so it was nice to see. I didn't really expect Black-breasted Buzzard down
> that far, but it was fun entertaining the notion for a few minutes...
> Still happy as I can add it to the year list.
> Thanks again and cheers!
>
> Tony
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