Jon,
The bones that Lammergiers feed on are not exactly fresh. They often
feed on animals that died during the winter and that other scavengers
have got to first, exposing and leaving the long bones such as Femur,
Humerus etc., which are pretty dry by then. It is amazing how long
marrow can survive in such bones. It might be a bit dry by the time
the Lammergiers get to it but it is still very nutritious.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
PS What is a Pring?
On 27/02/2007, at 3:59 PM, Jon Wren wrote:
Gooday Phillip and Carl,
Just a point of clarification. The roadkill and carrion I mention are
not fresh kills but ones that have been well fed upon and almost
leathery in appearance with the hide or whats left of it looking very
dried out.
Last year I recorded 4 Wedge-tailed Eagles killed by locomotives on
the Newlands/Collinsville/Abbot Point Project. These were birds that
were feeding on fresh carrion possibly from the night before and left
their departure too late. All of the Pring Drivers try their best to
scare the birds off but some birds just don't get out of the way.
The 4 birds were the total for the Pring Depot of 45 Drivers.
Jon Wren
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