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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    Falcon
    Saw three pairs in the ruahines last month.

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    Falcon is my favourite as well @JoshC , I have had several neat encounters over the years with these top winged predators. One just a couple of days ago, I have a group of swallows that forever fly into my boatshed when the door is lifted, I swear n curse them openly when there's no other ears listening. I had just chased one out with my landing net turned to push the door button n a funny swoosh/twack noise made me turn back to see a falcon pulling up with a swallow safe in its talons. Cool. I feel fortunate to have witnessed these birds hunting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
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    Nz falcons are awesome alright

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    I had been told years ago about falcons shepparding woodpigeons away from the bush till they were exhausted and easy to catch. Watched it with my own eyes a few years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dundee View Post
    fark that bush robin got more jewelry than the wife.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    Is it me or does he look a little jaundiced Gibo? May need a good dose of Waikato.
    @Rushy, if you think Waikato can fix jaundice, you need some theatre makeup
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    A quite rare Royal Spoonbill feeding in the creek behind our house this morning

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    Saw some of those in the estuary next to Auckland Airport a couple of years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GWH View Post
    A quite rare Royal Spoonbill feeding in the creek behind our house this morning

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    Cool. Quite often there's a few of them around the airport. About where they're digging it up and putting in the new road.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stretch View Post
    Saw some of those in the estuary next to Auckland Airport a couple of years ago.

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    Get a few in the estuary round Invercargill or out of a paddock out CATLINS way

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    Saw a kingfisher on the bridge over a braided river the other day... And a falcon cruising the lower snow line on a skifield no camera damn it all

 

 

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