Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] Secretary Bird Aggression
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 07:24:45 +0200
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Stupid birds--killing for fun, just like humans :-( I did not think animals 
did that.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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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
> 
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