This lone black baza came into view as it flew from tree to tree. It was hunting.
Probably for a last meal for the day at about 5.45pm. It had been a cold and wet day as the afternoon rains had been heavy.
As it flew around a tree at about 3 to 4 metres above ground level, it made a sudden change to its flightpath and went towards a nearby clump of leaves. It tussled with something on the leaves and flew away to a bare branch a few metres away.
It had caught something small and started despatching it quickly. I could not make out what it had caught but it could have been a small lizard.
From the video clip, the bird's ability to use its feet to hold its food shows it to be very adept at doing so. It took about 3 minutes to finish its small meal and then flew off around the tree.
Probably for a last meal for the day at about 5.45pm. It had been a cold and wet day as the afternoon rains had been heavy.
As it flew around a tree at about 3 to 4 metres above ground level, it made a sudden change to its flightpath and went towards a nearby clump of leaves. It tussled with something on the leaves and flew away to a bare branch a few metres away.
It had caught something small and started despatching it quickly. I could not make out what it had caught but it could have been a small lizard.
From the video clip, the bird's ability to use its feet to hold its food shows it to be very adept at doing so. It took about 3 minutes to finish its small meal and then flew off around the tree.
It took about 3 minutes to finish its small meal and then flew off around the tree.
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