Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stupid birds--killing for fun, just like humans :-( I did not think animals did that. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:44 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > The most unusual experience of the East African trip was coming across not > one, but two instances of aggression by Secretary Birds. Up till now, I had > seen them either roosting on acacia trees, or marching across the > grasslands, with their pompous walk, searching for snakes, their primary > diet. > > The first instance was a Tawny Eagle and a Secretary Bird taking turns > running down a hare! Firstly, the Eagle - we were quite far away at this > point and this is a massive crop, for illustration: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_07769-Edit.jpg.html > > Then the Secretary Bird took over: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08018-Edit.jpg.html > > Lost the prey: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08024-Edit-2.jpg.html > > Found it again: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08038-Edit.jpg.html > > Killed it: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08047-Edit.jpg.html > > The funny thing was that both the birds abandoned the kill and went away! > Maybe there were too many vehicles around... > > I saw this behaviour again in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, when a Secretary Bird > aggressively chased a jackal around for 10 minutes: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ol_Pejeta_20130315_09854.jpg.html > > Deed done, he rejoined his mate: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ol_Pejeta_20130315_09859.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >