VIDEOS: Fish thief in broad daylight

Video recorded by Bea, LK forum
Translation: Liis
 
 
 Heat and drought can even drive a bull into a well, not to talk about smaller matters.  
The young osprey heartily breakfasting on fish in the osprey nest in the open Latvian bog – they are a few weeks older than our ospreys. Hunting for food in the bog can be quite hopeless in the drought but the adult ospreys can get hold of fish easier in the low water level. So the prudent raven launched an attack to get food easily but was valiantly driven off by the young osprey – the raven overestimated its own strength.
 
 
When the nest became empty the raven gathered courage once more and went to check it; the open beak on checking surroundings points to a strongly agitated bird (who would be happy to have a dispute with an eagle?). Finally the fish thief left with its booty. The clever bird will surely use this opportunity again.
 
 
On Wednesday, the raven appeared again in the hope of an easy catch but this time there was nothing edible in the nest …
 
See the entries in the forum: LINK
 
 
Estonian proverb: Häda ajab härja kaevu - Need drives bull into well 


 

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