Dunno about Phillipines Eagles but have personally observed WTE to take a
small joey.
Just after sunrise (March 1990) I watched 4 birds take several minutes to
seperate it from the rest of the mob and each bird took it in turns to swoop
on it before 1 knocked it down. By that time the joey had been hard hopping
for about 250m and was about spent. When I returned to the spot a couple of
hrs later, there was nothing left except a small blood patch on the track.
I recently (9.5.06) saw 2 WTE harrass a flock of about 30 Red-tailed Black
Cockatoos. Not sure how serious they were, but 1 bird flew in low and below
the mob while the other circled high overhead. The RTBT circled for a minute
or 2 then headed for the trees (they had been feeding on the ground about
500m from any trees). As they did so, the higher WTE stooped in and
scattered the RTBT, but was unable to seperate a bird. As the scattered RTBT
headed for the trees, the WTE followed, but I lost sight of both spp so am
"none the wiser" as to the final outcome.
I once observed Whistling Kites to do the same to a flock of Galahs, but
with a positive outcome as far as the Kites were concerned.
Chris Armstrong
BASQ Liaison
Warwick QLD
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