Re: Goshawks and prey, a friend lost some of her Eiserbrown hens to a
pair of Brown Goshawks that had chicks nearby, and those hens are pretty
heavy.
I once saw one carrying a Common Bronzewing up a tree, with a bit of
difficulty but it wasn't letting go and after flying into a low fork
with the pigeon, then hopped up branch by branch with it firmly held in
bill and claws.
> HANZAB doesn't - as far as I could see - include bats as prey of Brown
> Goshawks. But I wonder if that is because the studies cited were not from
> places where bats are common? I have seen a Goshawk feeding on a rabbit
> -far bigger than a fruit bat - and obviously the Goshawk is a specialist in
> flying prey.
>
> Martin
>
> Martin Butterfield
> http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
>
> On 2 April 2016 at 14:19, Tom Wilson <> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>> whilst at Centennial Park this morning (Sat 2 April) I saw a pair of Brown
>> Goshawks (which is not unusual in itself as I know they are reported from
>> the park). They appeared from the SE at approx 10:50am and did some
>> synchronised flying/circling, passing over the Randwick Pond and then the
>> Duck Pond. They then proceeded to circle at just above treetop height over
>> the bat colony at Lachlan Swamp and appeared to enter the trees several
>> times. The bats were very agitated and flying around. The Goshawks looked
>> like they were chasing the bats sometimes, but not every time they passed
>> over the colony. Not sure whether they were hunting the bats, something
>> else or just stirring things up. Would a Brown Goshawk eat a fruit bat?
>> There were also 9 Cattle Egrets roosting on one of the islands at the Duck
>> Pond.
>> Cheers
>> Tom Wilson
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