Long-range Condors attack Chinese Deer

[Carl Clifford <>]

Hi Storm,

Likely candidates would be Imperial Eagle, Golden Eagle or perhaps  
Bonneli's Eagle. They would have to be a pretty big bird to take deer.  
The deer species mentioned in the report (on other news sites) is  
"Spotted Deer" which is also known as Chital, which, to confuse things  
even more, only occurs on the Indian sub-continent, so goodness knows  
what they are. On one site carrying the story  http://news.stv.tv/oddly-enough/86318-china-pays-deer-price-f 
 . or-condor-protection/ , there is a picture of what appears to be  
an Imperial Eagle, and as it seems that young deer are being taken, I  
would put my money on Imperials as the the most likely culprits.
Cheers,

Carl Clifford

On 06/04/2009, at 9:18 PM, storm wrote:

> This seems to be the source article
> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/03/content_11125488.htm
>
> Any china birders who might know what the "condor" actually is when  
> it's not
> poorly translated  into something else?
>
> cheers
> storm
>
>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Long-range Condors attack Chinese Deer
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>
> Dear all,
>
> There is an interesting item on Planet Ark's web site, from China, via
> Reuters. It seems that Condors are devouring large numbers of
> protected deer in a reserve near Beijing. Now, I know Condors are
> pretty good soarers, but making a crossing of the Pacific Ocean and
> the China Sea is a pretty amazing feat for a bird with the wing-load
> that the average Condor has. The article says that the Condors are
> more endangered than the Deer. I imagine that non-existence would make
> you quite endangered. Perhaps the problem is with Eagles? The item can
> be seen at http://planetark.org/wen/52337
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
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