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31st December 2015, 01:32 PM #1Member
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Does anyone know what bird this is
I saw a bird (only from the back) and a chick 20 - 25 metres high in gum tree. Location is MacMasters Beach NSW about a kilometre from the beach. Time was around 6.30 - 7.00 pm. Light not the best. I thought it was grey with white bits, but the photos I edited this morning indicate brown with white bits. The noises it made were something like a currawong first learning to speak. I first thought one of the larger cuckoos but what would one of those be doing with a chick? I took a series of photos and cropped them to maximum possible. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
Edit: It is quite large. I would estimated 40 - 50 cm.
Regards
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31st December 2015, 01:48 PM #2
nope
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31st December 2015, 02:44 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Looks like crested pigeon ?
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31st December 2015, 03:06 PM #4
It may be a Pacific Baza.
Pacific Baza | BIRDS in BACKYARDS
There are sound samples here but I can get them to play.
Australian Birds: photographs by Graeme Chapman, ornithologist
Try this page.
Pacific Baza sound recording: Voices of two birds calling on flight. | the Internet Bird CollectionCliff.
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31st December 2015, 07:16 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Concur. Pacific baza.
Mad yellow eye.
Common in the area at this time of year
ArronApologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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31st December 2015, 08:40 PM #6Member
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Thank you cliff and arron. I think you are correct. Sound from MM guide is close enough to my recollection and this afternoon I spotted a nest in one of the outer limbs that matches MM guide book description
Best wishes
peter
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