Hi Tom,
Looking at the images, particularly number 3, I wonder if the prey
might be something like a juvenile Feathertail Glider. The forelimbs
in img.3 seem to be fur covered and end in a paw without the long
dactyls one would expect to see in a bat. Also the head looks more
like that of a glider or small possum.
It will be interesting to see what others on the list think.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 04/01/2012, at 11:30 AM, Tom Tarrant wrote:
Recently whilst observing a Noisy Pitta nest at Mount Glorious SE Qld we
photographed one of the parents carrying a large prey-item, which may
be a
small bat-species (possibly a baby?......Chris Corben are you out
there?)
I've uploaded some rather poor pics onto Picasa at
http://picasaweb.google.com/110205168839616870680/MtGloriousNoisyPitta?authkey=Gv1sRgCJHt0-vl1Ke1pQE
They were taken with a Canon EOS7D with an extreme ISO setting (6400) to
avoid using a flash.
For obvious reasons I won't give any precise locations of the nest at
the
moment as the young are currently about to fledge, but I would welcome
any
comments regarding the prey item.
Tom
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