square tail kite near Central Tilba, south coast NSW

[Martin Butterfield <>]

At Mallacoota they are not common,  There are records for 9 months of the year with a bias in both raw counts and reporting rate towards Summer.

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

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On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at 22:17, Kim Sterelny via Birding-Aus <m("birding-aus.org","birding-aus");">> wrote:

Hi Folks

I do not know how unusual this is, but a square tailed kite soared over my head, just a few metres up, near Central Tilba yesterday, just above the treeline-level. I have never seen them here and initially thought it was a whistling kite, which are fairly regular. I checked my literature which suggests that they are spring/summer visitors to the south east. So perhaps not too unexpected. Likewise, I do not know whether they are apt to stay in a fairly local patch, but if they are, for those who know the area, the bird was quartering the valley where Punkalla-Tilba Rd meets Ridge Road.

Happy new year, all

Kim

Kim Sterelny, School of Philosophy, Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University, Acton, 0200, ACT, Australia

 

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