I have - a White-bellied Sea-eagle took a Little Red Flying-fox and ate it
while sitting above my campsite - headwaters of the Douglas River near Pine
Creek.
Denise L Goodfellow
on 3/7/08 3:04 PM, at
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> This topic prompted me to contact some of my owl experts for their
> experience of birds foraging for small bats. Zoologist Dr Natasha
> Schedvin had the following to say about this ...
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> Hi Martin,
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> Yep, I've seen my barking owl hawking bats out of the sky on dusk. I've
> also seen Boobook owls sitting outside bat roosts at dusk; presumably
> waiting to grab bats as they exit.
> No personal observations of diurnal raptors taking bats.
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> cheers, Martin
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> Martin O'Brien
> Wildlife Biologist - Threatened Species & Communities Section
> Department of Sustainability and Environment
> 2/8 Nicholson St.,
> East Melbourne 3002
> VICTORIA
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