Little Eagle

When we got up the other morning, we were wondering what all the birds were going mad at. After a quick look around, I found this Little Eagle in one of the trees being mobbed by all the Crows, Magpie larks, Noisy Miners, and anything else that could join in.

 Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

 Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)

There were at least 30 Crows that came from near and far to see if they could chase the Little Eagle away, all to no avail, as the Little Eagle ignored all that came close.
Thanks Ollie, we did some further checking.
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Torresian Crow

This young Torresian Crow was trying to get through our chain wire fence the other day. As we have a small dog we thought it was better to give it a helping hand up into one of our trees so the parents could come and help it out, which they did after a lot of calling from the young one.
The next morning the crows were back calling and I found another young one in the mango tree.
This is the first time I have seen a young crow after them breeding in the area for many years. Maybe the Koel did not make it to their nest this year.

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Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)

Birds in Black

Just a few of our "Black" Birds. Torresian Crow, Spangled Drongo and Common Koel. Have also added a short video of the Koel calling in our Silky Oak tree. I apologise for any car noise in the video as we are close to a road. Calls of the Rainbow Lorikeet, Magpie-lark and Spotted Turtle-dove may also be heard as well.

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Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)

Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)

Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)