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Last week I was sitting on the rear patio
of a friend's house overlooking the Buckenbowra River (inland from Bateman's Bay
- south coast of NSW) in post lunch mode and observing a Seaeagle patrolling the
reach below. Just out of sight was a large dam on which numerous Coots and other
waterfowl where swimming. The eagle disappeared in the direction of the dam and
returned with a Coot clutched in its talons and heading down the river. My host
(a non-birder) informed me that this was not an unusual occurrence. I can only
assume that the Coot was taken from the water as the eagle was only gone for a
short while.
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