Hubby spent the morning putting in a gate out the back in the fence around the dam area. A little while afterwards we noticed some magpies sitting on it with a couple on the ground as well. It seemed strange so we went out for a closer look. Saw one pecking at *something white* that was on the ground and on closer inspection found this hawk type bird. It didn't fly away and seemed stuck so the son in law donned some gloves for a closer look. It didn't look hurt at all but had meat ants crawling over it's legs so we thought we would box it up for the night. It's possible it flew into the gate...but we don't know.
I hope it will survive the night and be OK.
I had to look up meat ants. I wondered if they were only in Australia. It seems they must be and eat your cane toads. Will they harm other animals or people? Poor bird! Would they have eaten it?
ReplyDeleteI think the maggies would have ended up killing it first. The ants do snack on dead animals. They, the ants, do bite, not too bad but it makes you jump.
ReplyDeleteIt's a black shouldered kite. Did it survive?
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