I noticed that on the Beeb website this morning. Are we observing evolution in action here? (pelicans not normally eating any meat that wasn't swimming underwater at some point in its life-cycle)
I wondered about getting 'em for Toronto as well. I've actually watched a hawk of some description lunch on a seagull in Queen's Park, just 50m from the legislature building. That prompted me to wonder why there aren't more of them around -- heaven knows we've got enough pigeons / seagulls / squirrels / starlings to keep quite a number of hawks fed. Apparently the birds of prey are quite territorial, and the territories are quite large (hence not having 53 hawks to make serious inroads into the varmint population).
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Date: 2006-10-25 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-25 06:50 pm (UTC)I wondered about getting 'em for Toronto as well. I've actually watched a hawk of some description lunch on a seagull in Queen's Park, just 50m from the legislature building. That prompted me to wonder why there aren't more of them around -- heaven knows we've got enough pigeons / seagulls / squirrels / starlings to keep quite a number of hawks fed. Apparently the birds of prey are quite territorial, and the territories are quite large (hence not having 53 hawks to make serious inroads into the varmint population).
So, all the more need for pigeon-eating pelicans.
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Date: 2006-10-25 10:50 pm (UTC)