Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug an Roy Thanks - Sounds like a good explanation to the behavior of the two birds. It was a great experience for my kids to watch this air battle, the smallest had brought a freind and it was a great succes for her to be able to show something that beat the "animal planat" channel! best Ruben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Zartarian" <rzartarian@snet.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:07 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] birdman question > I agree with Doug that the cormorant was probably not looking upon the young > birds as a meal. Cormorants feed on the water, diving for fish. I have > seen gulls harass a bald eagle with a fish, so I wonder whether the > cormorant thought it could get an easy meal from the osprey. Or I wonder if > the cormorant was protecting its nest. This is admittedly speculation as > I'm at the office without Sibley and other references at hand. > > Roy > > > > Ruben <ruben@rhodos.dk> wrote: > > > > > the Fish Hawk appeared with its carracteristic scream above > > us so we > > > moved furtehr away from the Island only to discovver that > > it was not > > > at us it was screaming but at a Curmorant (Phalacrocorax > > carbo) that > > > had lifted from some nearby rocks and started chasing the > > Fish Hawk. > > > Every time the Curmorant had chased the Fish Hawk about > > 150-200 metres > > > they changed places and the Fish Hawk chased the Curmorant. > > This whent > > > on for about 20 minutes. > > > > Ruben, that's a fascinating observation. I doubt the > > Cormerant would try to eat the young Osprey (as we call them > > here). It might be just because they compete for the same > > foods. Roy Z, any other ideas? > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information