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Good
ideas. They are not necessarily hunting when flying high. Some hunting is done
from low flight and from perches. Indeed as most of their prey is terrestrial,
the high aerial searching is just a component of their hunting behaviour.
Also they eat a lot of carrion and being big birds they maybe do not need to eat
every day or maybe just need to find new food everyday as one large prey animal
or carrion can last more than one day.
Philip
My understanding is that WTEs need the dry warm thermal air
currents to enable them to soar and glide while searching for food. What
do they eat when we have long spells of cloudy and/or wet weather? I have
only ever seen them aloft on a fine day.
Margaret Leggoe
Canberra
Australia
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