Life and death at La Perouse

[khiemtran]

In an interesting parable about self-absorption, we were at La Perouse today and, as we walked past Barrack Tower (a small, rather unimpressive watchtower), we noticed it was surrounded by people taking selfies with different poses and devices. Meanwhile, just a little way above them, and completely unobserved, a local top predator was about to tuck into a meal...



More pictures here. Warning: contains extreme violence...

Comments

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

What a beauty! Unless you're a small rodent...

Once when I was riding through the woods we came upon a group of teenagers who were so utterly absorbed with their smartphones that they completely failed to notice a horse and rider in hi-viz gear, until we were right by them and Charm snorted. Boy, did they jump.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

I can easily see that happening!

And, yes, they're extremely handsome birds. They're small enough that a passerby make take them for a silver gull or a pigeon, at least until they start disembowelling a small mammal...

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Doesn't look like anything goes to waste!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Liem: I don't know who to feel sorry for. The mouse, or the bird who has to eat the mouse's guts...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

In some of the photos in the Flickr set he looks so very elegant--whereas here, with both his eyes showing the way they do, he has a slightly, and endearingly, dopey expression.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

I thought he looked quite menacing at the time, especially when he was staring at the camera. But you're right, he looks almost like he's a bit bewildered in the photo above...