In Canberra this morning. Being mobbed by Nankeen Kestrals which provide a nice size comparison
Raptor ID 20/3/16
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To me it honestly looks like a Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
def a bird of prey
kestrels aside is there more than one bird here?
pic 7-8 looks like a brown gos
if more than one bird
last 2 look like swamp harrier
pic 5-6 ?? looks way too long winged, kinda like a black falc. but also short square tail?
first 2 look more like brown gos again
Should be the one bird, Zosterops
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Hard to tell from the pics but if they are all the same bird i would agree with GD on Juvi Goshawk.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
must be photography trickery/perspective.
Brown Goshawk with what looks like a couple of Kestrels/Brown Falcons harassing from above.
After seeking the opinion of our local Raptor expert, he told me juv. Swamp Harrier. This sparked further discussion on the chatline with a few more that had initially suggested Brown Goshawk end up agreeing with Swamp Harrier
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Interesting......I would not like to argue with Jerry with his experience but....................on your large crop shot the barring on the undercarrage and tail are consistant with Goshawk not Harrier, The bright yellow eye again is consistant with Goshawk where juvi Harrier has a dark eye also a juvi Harrier would still show a light rump even at a very young age. I could well be wrong but i will stick with Goshawk.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
still sticking with b gos also
I'm really not sure- I have very little experience with raptors.
Swamp harriers are drawn with no markings, just plain brown, in my field guides. I did find the following image http://www.bushpea.com/bd/pg/vik/s/fr/swamp%20harrier%2002f.html which shows some barring (assuming it has been IDed correctly)
Zosterops, you mentioned the last set looked like swamp harrier, 2 other sets as brown Goshawk, and the other as something else. I guess from these photographs, I'm just happy to have gotten the interest and the responses that I did, and being able to narrow the ID down to at most 2 species is better than I had expected
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
that's very strange plumage
and why doesn't it have a white rump