I recall some lots of years ago of someone telling me of having a Brown Goshawk, over a period of days, observed in various stages at having killed and eaten a family of Tawny Frogmouths. I think this was an adult pair of Tawny Frogmouths and their part grown young. I suppose there is nothing overly unexpected about that.
Philip
—–Original Message—– From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Greg Roberts Sent: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 4:39 PM To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au Cc: Kathy Haydon Subject: [Birding-Aus] goshawk attack frogmouth
An interesting observation a little earlier today. A loud squawking at my home in the Sunshine Coast hinterland drew my attention to a Tawny Frogmouth fluttering across the ground with a Brown Goshawk attached to its back. The goshawk flew off when I emerged, and the frogmouth flew up to the roof. I left them to it, but 20 minutes later, the frogmouth was again on the ground, squawking madly, with the goshawk on its back. Perhaps I shouldn’t have intervened but I’m of kind of fond of my local frogmouth; it was by now quite shell-shocked so I caught it and moved the bird to some dense cover. A little later, the goshawk, perhaps still looking for the frogmouth, was scratching at one of the bedroom windows.
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