Wedge tail

[Anthony Doyle <>]

Hi Philip,

I guess so, but not nearly as much fun.

Anthony

---

From:
To:
CC:
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

 

02 - 62314041

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Doyle [
Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 9:19 PM
To:
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)

---

Find your next place with Ninemsn property Looking for a place to rent, share or buy this winter?

---

Check the daily blob for the latest on what's happening around the web What goes online, stays online