Great action shot Belinda! I have seen this behaviour before a number of times, between different species of raptor. I think most if not all species of raptor are opportunists – it is much easier to steal someone else’s catch than catch something yourself. I’m sure that is what your photo is showing.
Regards, Chris
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Belinda Cassidy
> I took this pic on fraser Island during bird week in May, and Dad (Harry) > thought some of you might find it interesting. > > This beautiful Juvenile White bellied sea eagle was barely out of the nest > and still very brown/buff in colour. We noticed during our stay that it > would sneak over to a nearby Island during the day, and return in the > evenings alone. > > During one of the boat tours during the Bird Week activities, we went past > the Island and got a look at what it was up to. Around about 5 Ospreys were > on the Island, with at least one nest there. So there was plenty of fishing > going on. Hard to know if the White Bellied Sea Eagle had adopted them as > an > unwilling family, or was hassling them in hope they’d drop their catch. > > http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/OzHomeARt/raptors-belinda.jpg > > Hope you like it! > > Cheers, > Belinda > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > ===============================
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