Laurie Living wrote:
Now while this might seem like 'meals on wheels' brought right to the
door, it seems that brushies are not as much of a treat as gliders or
ring-tailed possums and I have seldom seen them in the clutches of
daily roosting Powerful Owls. And perhaps the owl had just been
satisfied with some better food [and sex] from the male. Any comment?
Hi Laurie
In the Brisbane Ranges west of Melbourne, Powerful Owls have been seen
to grab the odd young Koala ("young on back" sized morsel). So I think
brushies are well within the target culinary range, but no doubt
something of a handful if not taken by surprise. The other matter is
that brushies are known nestling/egg predators, so the owl may have been
seeing off what it saw as a potential threat to its young - as opposed
to lunch turned down!
Lawrie
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