Wedge tails a threat for livestock

["Ross Macfarlane" <>]

I suppose that it's possible with so many feral goats out there that the 
eagles have become habituated to hunting goat kids.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Max Breckenridge
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:22 PM
To: Birding-Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Wedge tails a threat for livestock

Friends of ours who own a small property just west of Albury have been 
keeping goats/kids for the past year or two. Along with around about 15-20 
goats, they have a pair of Alpaca and two geese (don’t know if they’d act as 
a deterrent although they are very rowdy). They are yet to have had any 
problems with losing kids and while I was staying on their property two 
weeks ago, I twice observed a pair of Wedgies circling the ridge above where 
the goats feed and, at the time, were looking after young.
Also, a few years back, my grandparents owned about 1000 goats on their 
property at Coonabarabran. They had no problems with eagles thanks to their 
pair of Miramars, I think the same dog breed that have been used to deter 
foxes from Little Penguin colonies.
Cheers,

Max Breckenridge
Gladesville NSW
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