I took these last year and decided to share them just to try and show the size of this bird - i couldn't get over it. the bird chasing it is a crow and they are not small birds - i thought it is a square tailed kite.
Thanks :)
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Great capture and hard to get. Don't you love watching a "dog fight" like that?
Cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
I think your ID is correct , just dont forget to say where you saw them :)
Sunshine Coast Queensland
birdie, how do you know it is a crow and not a raven ;-)
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
https://sites.google.com/site/blackhillreservekyneton/home
hi birdie
above my house in toowoomba :P
thanks :)
Ah I don't, but my guess would be a raven? Seriously...
Voice is different?
Er,,,, throat hackles in Australian Raven more predominant
Read something about a white basal....
oops don't know what a basal is...the white stcik in the cente of the feather?
LOL
Help me out here Al
Cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Great photos,must have been exciting to see.
basal = base of the feather, closest to the skin.
To see the basal part of the feather you must have the bird in your hand :)
Raven is a good guess because crows are more inland but I'm not sure,
can't tell by looking at the photo.
Cheers,
al
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
https://sites.google.com/site/blackhillreservekyneton/home
Nice work myky50. Thanks for posting, wish I had been there to see it.
See Yez
Trev
it was exciting to see Cath & Shane
bushanwater - it went on for quite sometime - there were 2 crows giving it curry and while the crows were flapping like mad, the kite just glided on the wind with hardly a movement of it's wings - it was something to see
thanks :)