Hunter in the burbs
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:41 pmWe had a very rare visitor to our backyard yesterday.
We were siting out the back listening to the rosellas squaking to each other before everything went deathly quiet and they all quietly flew away.
About 10 seconds later a Peregrin Falcon landed in the tree and just sat there watching us. I ran inside and frantically put the camera together to get this shot. It only stayed for maybe 2 minutes before flying off down the hill.
It has since visited twice and we get the same mass exodus of birds prior to it's arival. So amazing to watch!
We were siting out the back listening to the rosellas squaking to each other before everything went deathly quiet and they all quietly flew away.
About 10 seconds later a Peregrin Falcon landed in the tree and just sat there watching us. I ran inside and frantically put the camera together to get this shot. It only stayed for maybe 2 minutes before flying off down the hill.
It has since visited twice and we get the same mass exodus of birds prior to it's arival. So amazing to watch!
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. No wonder the Rosellas don't stick around.