Moments after this shot, the goshawk flew off with the body of its prey dangling—a brown cuckoo-dove. No pic, it waited till my phone was in my pocket & I'd started to turn away. 🤣
I've seen a few goshawks hunting brown cuckoo-doves—they seem to find them tasty, or other birds are better at escaping.
HR burns in the national park next door and no meaningful wind = stinky smoke everywhere and high particulates. Yay.
Hoping for a little wind today.
Spending a couple of days in Camden on Sydney’s rural outskirts for Dairy NSW board meetings and meetings with NSW farmers.
As cities overtake these formerly separate towns, and they transform into semirural exurbs, you wonder what they become as pressure to be more city than country increases.
The hotel we’re at is clearly a community, social, and business hub and is busy every day. It obviously performs an important role here.
As a former city person, the cycle of rural life, the very significant effects felt because of political disconnect and geopolitical instability, the “vibe” of rural towns, and the gap in culture between city and country is something I still feel very clearly; I urge my city friends to ask their country family, friends, and acquaintances how they’re doing and what lies topmost in their concerns, because they’re very different to those in the city.
It's fallow deer breeding season on our place, and they're keen for a punch up. Unfortunately for the big chocolate fellow here, his day ended early as part of our conservation and control efforts.
Older animals need to be taken out of the gene pool so that younger animals get opportunities to breed, and as they are an invasive species, we need to put some effort into control and reduction in numbers.
Stephen Collins
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