Wednesday, January 28, 2015

SWAMP HARRIER

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania, January 2015
489          SWAMP HARRIER               Circus approximans

Australia           (330)

Also known as Marsh Harrier and Small Swamp Hawk. 50-61 cm, wingspan 1.45 m. Range all across Australia, breeds in the southern states. Found in swamps and wetlands, tall grasslands, grain-crops, coasts, islands, heathlands, salt marsh, bracken, boredrains.



















Juvenile or young immature, photographed Edithvale, Victoria, February 2017

Immature or sub-adult male, photographed Edithvale, Victoria, February 2017