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Do raptors have a preferred foot?

To: "L&L Knight" <>, "Birding Aus" <>
Subject: Do raptors have a preferred foot?
From: "Greg & Val Clancy" <>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:47:08 +1000
Although I don't have quantitative data to back it up I formed an impression when observing individual Ospreys on the NSW North Coast that individuals did hold large fish preferentially in one foot or the other when perched. Both feet were used to hold the fish as it was carried to a feeding perch or nest.


Greg Clancy
Coutts Crossing
NSW



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