14 Black-shouldered Kite at Baw Baw, NSW
Identification history
| Elanus axillaris | 27 Dec 2023 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Elanus axillaris | 27 Dec 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Elanus axillaris | 27 Dec 2023 | LindaMace |
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User's notes
Male and female black shouldered kites transferring a rat caught by the male and handed to the female in mid air (female has to fly upside down to take the catch) - part of their courting ritual (they were building a nest nearby in a pine tree on the hill behind our house on acreage just outside Goulburn, NSW.
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Location information
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Baw Baw, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- LindaMace Recorded by
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Featured LindaMace Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Elanus axillaris Birds of prey Birds
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Elanus axillaris Scientific name
- Black-shouldered Kite Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 808.4m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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