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Goshawks and impact on the ecosystem
Coming back to that video of Goshawk robbing Red Kite nest. The Goshawk perched quite a long time on the nest, and seemed confused what to do. It was sad to see that one naïve Red Kite chick faced and crouched in front of the Goshawk like hoping to be brooded by a parent. But it did not save it...- jurek
- Post #26
- Forum: Birds Of Prey
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Goshawks and impact on the ecosystem
Goshawks are well known to take nestlings. I saw webcam films of Red Kites in Germany, where a Goshawk took all three nestlings within two days. But other birds of prey do it, too. In White-tailed Eagle nests in Poland, people even about annually see live Common Buzzard chicks. Apparently they...- jurek
- Post #24
- Forum: Birds Of Prey
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Goshawks and impact on the ecosystem
From my and others observations in Poland, goshawk is not a threat to ravens. It attacks them, but ravens are too clever to be caught. Goshawks displace buzzards at carrion, but often both species re-use each other old nests. About prey animals - crows, woodpigeons and domestic / feral...- jurek
- Post #17
- Forum: Birds Of Prey