Collared Sparrowhawk or Brown Goshawk? - birding-aus

Message from discussion Collared Sparrowhawk or Brown Goshawk?

gary wright

More options May 9, 5:19 am

From: "gary wright" <gary.wright.em...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 18:49:23 +0930

Local: Fri, May 9 2008 5:19 am

Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Collared Sparrowhawk or Brown Goshawk?

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Belinda

I don't claim to be an expert but I would say collared sparrowhawk, based
mainly on tail and brow.

I think it was a good idea to ask-very respectful!

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Belinda Cassidy" <belinda.cass...@gmail.com>
To: <birding-...@vicnet.net.au>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:35 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Collared Sparrowhawk or Brown Goshawk?

> Ok today we heard a huge `raucus' in the forest and we traced it to the
> bird
> in the photo below. It seemed pretty happy to let us approach, so I asked
> it
> if could tell me if it is a brown Goshawk or a Collared Sparrowhawk? It
> can't hurt to ask.

> Anyway, being unable to speak English, it responded in what I have to
> consider to be a kind of `special sign language' or something, which I
> managed to capture on camera. What do you think it means?

> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/raptor_1.jpg
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