![]() This distinct call is not dissimilar from that of its European cousin the Red kite’s call of ‘peelew’. ![]() Holastur indus intermedius is known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia because of its chestnut brown plumage, white head and breast, black wingtips, rounded tail and its long whistling call of ‘keeyew’ makes it an easily recognised bird of prey. On the sheer rock face of a long disused quarry, only 400 metres from my home in Somerset, UK, I have had the pleasure of seeing a pair of peregrine falcons annually nest and breed for the last 10 years or so. Relatively recently, when visiting an international school near Batu Pahat, Johor, I witnessed a Brahminy kite emerging from a nearby mangrove reserve to scoop up unwanted fish thrown overboard from a fishing boat, and the next month, whilst attending a nephew’s wedding in London, suddenly, in a nearby park, a peregrine falcon zoomed down and killed a feral pigeon only five metres away from me. On minute these birds may be seen circling overhead and next minute plunging down in kamikaze-pilot fashion to hit theirprey with force. ![]()
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