Frodo cam

[Donna]

Greg Czechura – Thursday, August 19, 10 (11:10 am)

First of all, thanks to Lynn and Cookie for the news. I will have to get over to the AMP Building area for a look.

It is good to know that our city Peregrines are still active. There has been a bit of activity over South Bank as well of late - the warning calls from the local Noisy Miner population are a good indication.

I was giving a workshop on raptor identification at Osprey House (on the Pine River, near Dohles’s Rocks last Saturday). During the proceedings we were treated to a fine female Peregrine, flying overhead and making an occasional stoop at passing birds. She was in moult, judging from a missing central tail feather and mirror image missing secondary feathers. For some of the attendees, this was their first wild Peregrine as well as the first record of a Peregrine at Osprey House.

Osprey House has a tower with an Eastern Osprey nest that is being monitored by CCTV. It looks as though the ‘original’ female has been usurped by another female in the last couple of weeks. This is a good spot for watching some our coastal raptors, as well as Pacific Bazas, Brown Goshawks and other species not so dependent on the river, mangroves and other coastal habitats.

Regards
Greg

Not sure if this was posted but no updates since Aug.

[MAK]