OCTOBER
10 2018 - 2:00PM
You may
want to look to the skies before letting your pet rabbit or guinea
pig out of its hutch for a stroll around the backyard.
A
surprising number of Powerful Owls, Black Kites, Wedge-tailed Eagles, and other
birds of prey (known as raptors), have been recorded in urban spaces by
participants in BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Backyard Bird Count over the past
four years.
BirdLife
Australia is anticipating a rise in reports of raptors in this year’s Aussie
Bird Count - from October 22-28 - due to the impact of the drought
driving birds from the parched countryside into our cities and suburbs.
Over the
past four years 27 out of Australia’s 34 raptor species have been spotted in
capital cities.
BirdLife
Australia is encouraging all Australians to “look up” when they are doing their
bird counts because you never know what you might see.
“We
expect it to be a really interesting year for bird watchers in urban areas with
the drought driving raptors and other inland birds into our cities and towns in
search of food,” BirdLife Australia’s chief bird nerd Sean Dooley
said.
“We have
already had reports of higher than usual numbers of raptors such as Barn Owls
and Black-shouldered Kites moving towards the coast this winter.
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