canberrabirds

Wedge tail

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Subject: Wedge tail
From: Anthony Doyle <>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:27:37 +1000
Hi Philip,

I guess so, but not nearly as much fun.

Anthony


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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:34:34 +1000
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Wedge tail

Hello Anthony,
 
Isn't it more likely that you happened to lie down near a favoured perch or that it didn't see you until you moved?
 
 
Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah  ACT  2902
 
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From: Anthony Doyle [
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Wedge tail

A few years ago I solo climbed Mt Domain (near Tidbinbilla).  I stretched out for a lunchtime nap near the summit.  After a while I heard a crash in the tree above me.  Jumping up, I startled a wedge-tail that had just landed there.  He promptly flew off, slowly gliding down to Tidbinbilla.

In hindsight I wonder if he thought that I was carrion and that if I had stayed still would he have floated down and taken a bite?  That would have been quite something although I doubt that I could have held my nerve that long.

Could the experts advise if he really was getting ready for a homo sapiens sandwich?



Anthony (the indigestible)




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