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"Never leaving us alone,

Never have I ever known

A ruder pest!"

(With apologies to Alan Lerner.)

And the currawong was not "oozing charm from every pore'.

This pair of kestrels spent most of the evening trying to shake off a currawong. Occasionally a sulphur-crested cockie joined in. The kestrels have amazing arial evasive skills. They circle higher and higher in quite tight circles, then dive into a tree leaving the fray wondering what happened.

Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, September 2016.

And another wet week ahead.

 

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