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Wedge-tailed Eagle attacking Woman!

To: Michael Todd <>,
Subject: Wedge-tailed Eagle attacking Woman!
From: Carol Probets <>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:15:22 +1100
Hi Mick, you asked:
>Has anybody had any experiences similar to this one?

Thank goodness, no. But it did bring to mind one afternoon I was walking in
the heath at Lockley Pylon (in the Blue Mountains) a couple of years ago,
and a Wedge-tailed Eagle was following me, circling around me as I walked.
It was soaring so low and close that I could see the pupils of its eyes as
it turned its head to look at me. I still don't know if it was just curious
or had more sinister intentions, but I did find it a little unnerving,
being out on a windswept, treeless ridge with nowhere to shelter!

Cheers

Carol



At 6:06 PM +1000 18/6/02, Michael Todd wrote:
>I relate an interesting story that I was told about today by a work
>colleague. I quote below:
>
>"Also an interesting story about wedge tailed eagles. In the past I have
>seen them go after half grown kangaroos, but usually as a pair to run it
>down. Well last week my mum, on her early morning walk at our farm was
>watching an eagle have breakfast on a lamb and then a few minutes later was
>swooped by the same bird, not just once but three times, the last two times
>included when she was yelling and waving at it to deter it. Obviously one
>lamb wasn't enough to sustain it for the day! "
>
>Has anybody had any experiences similar to this one?
>
>Cheers
>
>Mick Todd
>Griffith, NSW


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