This post might just end up a bit of skiting, had a raptor in our litle suburban garden, next to the chook pen. No photos, only sat on the top of the ladder for 20 seconds or so.
All grey, bright yellow feet, might have had a red mark across chest? The picture that looks most like it is the Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos http://www.raptor.org.au/fhypoleucos.html
But that is an arid inland species??
Nothing on your database about them.
I checked out the raptor.org.au photos and the Grey Falcon was the only one to come close.
Whatever it was it certainly quietend my chickens down.
We have had Pacific Bazza visit, 4 or 5 types of owls, and sea eagles regular fly over the suburb.
All I can do is log it on here and maybe someone in the area can get a photo or confirm or just keep an eye out for it?
Not a Grey Goshawk?
I don't think so Devster, the bird was the dark grey in the picture I posted of the hypoleucus. And all over dark grey
The universe is my eyes and ears. All else is hearsay.
Hi paradisi. Where is your chook pen? Having a location for the sighting of the raptor will help with identification as it may exclude a number of species whose range doesn't include your suburban garden.
Woko the chook pen is about 10m from my PC - can see it and the ladder the raptor landed on clearly. We are about 200m from the beaches and the same from Tooway lake a tidal lake with bat and ibis colonies. Read more on FHypoleucus and it mentions dunes as part of their range.
The universe is my eyes and ears. All else is hearsay.
Would I be right in saying Tooway Lake is in the Northern Territory, paradisi?