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From: patappleton@live.com To: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au Subject: RE- SEA EAGLE CATCHING SEAGULL IN MID AIR Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:27:25 +1030
When Sea Eagles snatch up swan cygnets I momentarily hate them and threaten to cancel my subscription to Sea Eagle Cam but I had no idea they’d feed on seagull. So why then, are there so few Sea Eagles and an abundance of Gulls???? ALSO:
The Black Swan Communal Nesting Site at Paynesville, (Gippsland Lakes) has its first occupants for this season with 3 nests occupied. At nest #1 both mum & dad were in the water today and I saw a white (???????) seabird swoop down and steal an egg and started eating the yellow contents in about 6 inches of water by the lake edge. Dad came by and after having a taste of the contents himself, washed the contents out of the egg shell and threw it into deeper water.
Obviously my first question is, What is the name of the white seabird that looks like a plain seagull on steroids, (about twice the size) like a dwarf Albatross ???? Also, why do black swans leave their nests to chastise harmless juvenile swans yet pay no attention to egg stealing preditors ??? Is it an experience thing? I notice the other two nests are never left unattended. PAT APPLETON LAKES ENTRANCE VIC ===============================
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