That sounds excellent to me. I love seeing the cut-and-thrust of
evolution in action. One of the best birding experiences I've had was
watching a Peregrine pull a Crested-P to pieces.
EB
On 6/7/08, theo tasoulis <> wrote:
> I was birding at ash island this morning at wagtail way.There was a flock of
> about 250 chestnut teal and maybe 10 australian shovelers.An immature
> white-breasted sea eagle flew overhead puting the chestnut teal to flight.The
> teal wheeled in a tight flock and the eagle slowly flew down and grabbed a
> male shoveler sitting on the surface of the water.It all looked ridiculously
> easy.The shoveler seemed to be confused and didn't know which way to fly so
> instead it just froze.The eagle drowned it for 2 or 3 minutes and then flew
> off with it.
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