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Sighting 4254763

Falco longipennis

1 Australian Hobby at Black Range, NSW

Falco longipennis at Black Range, NSW - 31 Mar 2020 02:27 PM
Falco longipennis at Black Range, NSW - 31 Mar 2020 02:27 PM
Falco longipennis at Black Range, NSW - 31 Mar 2020 02:27 PM
Falco longipennis at Black Range, NSW - 31 Mar 2020 02:27 PM
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Falco longipennis 31 Mar 2020 MatthewHiggins

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Today’s sighting is of the same bird we have been seeing for several days and which I have been posting to the Atlas. The take-off photo shows the tail nicely fanned. Today had added interest in that one of ‘our’ semi-resident Lace Monitors was using the same tree for sunning itself. I was able to get into a position where both creatures were visible, as per the second photo - the Lacey is at left centre and the Hobby is towards the top right corner and more distant. About 40 mins later from a more distant vantage point we saw that the Hobby had made a successful hunt and was plucking a small bird, with a stream of feathers floating away on the breeze. I am posting the Lacey as well and making cross-reference to the Hobby in the description.

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Species information

  • Falco longipennis Scientific name
  • Australian Hobby Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1030.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 349 images trained Machine learning
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