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Old Tuesday 10th July 2012, 20:39   #1
Les Underhill
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Black Sparrowhawk lost battle with Egyptian Geese

Ornithological Observations, an ejournal, has just published a short note describing how a pair of Egyptian Geese killed a Black Sparrowhawk --- the link to the pdf for the paper is at http://oo.adu.org.za/content.php?id=39


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Old Thursday 2nd August 2012, 17:41   #2
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makes you wonder are there any other records of birds o prey being killed by non-birds of prey?
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Old Thursday 2nd August 2012, 18:00   #3
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Egyptian Geese are very aggressive.

But sometimes they overestimate themselves. ( -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bX0l1R8vhg ) The White-Tailed Eagle won.
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