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Judi


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Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX DG HSM for Canon EOS
Location: Central Queensland, Australia
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 27, 2006

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 This bird and I have a disagreement. This is one of many of this species that come and annoy me. I can be standing right beneath him with only about a meters distance between us and have the hose turned on him and he will just look at me. Our argument has been ongoing now for about two years. We often have up to 30 of these birds hovering overhead because of our aviaries but this one seems to be very determined and brave.

So this time I decided to shoot him with my lens. And thought you may like to see him.

He is about 50cm in length and about a meter across his wing span. I presume he is a Red Goshawk. If you know any more about this species please let me know.

These two images are straight from the camera apart from resize.

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 08/25/2007 10:04:29 PM
Judi,

This is a great shot. Reason for them lurking. They are a bird eaters (90% of diet smaller birds) If you have an avaiary, they will be trying to gewt to the birds. I hace this genus, (Accipiter), in my yard at the feeders daily in the winter and during migration. They are really agile and can manouver extremely well in woods. Van
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 03/27/2006 08:32:31 PM
Nice capture. Fine looking bird when he isn't trying to eat your own birds. I saw you mention in the thread you have a 'cat decoy' already, but perhaps trying to find something similar in the shape of a hawk or such and suspending it over the aviaries may work. If the 'goshawk' is not getting any meals from your birds, perhaps it is coming back for something else: mice who might eat the bird seed, lizards in the yard, etc. Not sure what to suggest to make this 'visitor' feel unwelcome and no expert in birds so can't help with identification. Here are some links I followed trying to identify it, which you may find useful:

Species Index Society for the Preservation of Raptors (Inc.) (Australian Site)

Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) Society for the Preservation of Raptors (Inc.)

Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrhocephalus) Society for the Preservation of Raptors (Inc.)

Raptor Gallery - Canberra Birds

Brown Goshawk - Canberra Birds

Brown Goshawk - Canberra Birds

Collared Sparrowhawk - Canberra Birds

Collared Sparrowhawk - Canberra Birds

Red Goshawk - Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service

Brown Goshawk - Google image search

Collared Sparrowhawk - Google image search

Red Goshawk - Google image search

Good luck with it.

edit:fixed links

Message edited by author 2006-03-27 20:38:01.
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