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| Subject: | Wedge-tailed Eagles hunting |
| From: | Con Boekel <> |
| Date: | Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:55:07 +0000 |
Sandra This flock of Galahs took off in panic when a Wedgie flew overhead. Note that some of the birds are colliding with each other. Taken on the slope going northwards from Coppins Crossing. regards Con On 30/12/2015 5:15 PM, sandra henderson wrote: > At McQuoids Hill this morning, two eagles were after the airborne > flock of sulphur-crested cockatoos. One almost snared one of the > stragglers in the flock of cockies, but missed out. The other, after a > couple of unsuccessful attempts, managed to grab a cockatoo from above > and carried it some distance before disappearing below the tree canopy > over on the adjacent farmland. I've not seen a wedge-tail take a bird > on the wing before, although John Bundock managed a photo of one in a > tree with dead cocky at Tidbinbilla some time ago. > Sandra H Attachment:
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