Peregrine with Ibis in Giralang

[Martin Butterfield via Canberrabirds <>]

In my youth in the UK I used to hang out with falconers.  Their Peregrines would take out Grey Herons with ease, and usually in the air. I suspect a Bin Chook would be heavier than a Grey Heron but length and wingspan possibly the same.  

Martin Butterfield

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 at 12:48, Duncan McCaskill via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

This morning I woke to find a Peregrine Falcon in the process of killing and then eating a White Ibis on my driveway. I'm surprised, but perhaps I shouldn't be, that such a large bird would be taken by a Peregrine.

I presume that the Peregrine most likely took the Ibis in the air, but by the time I saw them, they were on the ground.

Duncan.

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