A raptor snippet for those interested in Peregrines.
While out riding to Ruffy (NE Victoria) south of Euroa over the weekend my
wife and I stopped on a quiet roadside (Bartons Lane Creighton's Creek
area) to have a cuppa.
While enjoying the welcome shade under a tree we observed a juvenile
Crimson Rosella fly past not far above head height.
Less than a minute later the rosella flew away from us from a nearby tree
to another tree about 50 m away. Before it managed to alight in the
second tree a Peregrine flew in behind it and just grabbed it from above.
The encounter was at low speed and the rosella behaved as though it had no
idea of what was about to happen. Quite a sight to observe 'Nature, red
in tooth and claw'
Martin O'Brien
Melbourne
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