Thursday, January 1, 2015

SPOTTED HARRIER

Photographed in southern NSW
471       SPOTTED HARRIER             Circus assimilis

Australia             (313)

Also called Smoke Hawk. 50-61 cm; wingspan to 1.2 m. range all over mainland Australia. Found on grassy plains, crops and stubble fields, bluebush, saltbush, spinifex associations, scrublands, mallee, heathlands, open grassy woodlands.

















Photographed at Werribee, February 2015


1 comment:

  1. he is amazing - so elegant in flight - it must be exhilarating to see such a poweful creature - beautiful images

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