Thread: Post your birdlife shots

Pacific Baza

Tripped over a pair of these at Palen Creek,near Rathdowny.

Originally Posted by scarry

Pacific Baza

Tripped over a pair of these at Palen Creek,near Rathdowny.

Thanks, A really nice shot showing the Pacific Baza with it's principal prey.

Fun and games

Originally Posted by Fattima

Had an amazing encounter yesterday. Pic is not mine but taken by Helen my other half, but I'll take credit for spotting the action!
We were watching three Fuscous honey eaters at Crusoe reservoir in Bendigo and taking some photos. Then in a blink of an eye a Yellow Footed Antechinus jumped out and grabbed one of the birds.
It scurried off up the tree with the dead bird while the two remaining ones attacked it. It eventually dropped the dead bird then went down to the ground to collect it. The other two honey eaters continued to attack the Antechinus.
Helen managed to get some video footage too.
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That really is an amazing encounter! The chances of that happening while you were watching!

So, did the antechinus end up keeping its meal?

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

That really is an amazing encounter! The chances of that happening while you were watching!

So, did the antechinus end up keeping its meal?

Yes it did.
But took a while to get its prey. It dropped the dead bird as the other birds were harassing the antechinus but then managed to go down the to ground and pick it up again. It took off into some fallen branches to have a feed.

Originally Posted by Fattima

Had an amazing encounter yesterday. Pic is not mine but taken by Helen my other half, but I'll take credit for spotting the action!
We were watching three Fuscous honey eaters at Crusoe reservoir in Bendigo and taking some photos. Then in a blink of an eye a Yellow Footed Antechinus jumped out and grabbed one of the birds.
It scurried off up the tree with the dead bird while the two remaining ones attacked it. It eventually dropped the dead bird then went down to the ground to collect it. The other two honey eaters continued to attack the Antechinus.
Helen managed to get some video footage too.
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Great footage.

We were down the road yesterday,at the park,the dog was sniffing around at the base of a large tree,out shoots a rat.
The rat headed off across an open area,dog didnt see it,still sniffing around the base of the tree.
A Black Shouldered Kite came out of no where,dived down and grabbed the rat and headed off to the tallest tree in the area.
It sat there and ate the rat,and also rippped pieces of it off and gave them to its partner.

No pics,didnt have the camera with us.

Wow that would have been amazing to see.