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Titre :	White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla landing on a flying glider.
Auteurs :	Torsten Langgemach, Auteur ; Frank Pluecken, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwelt (Die) (124(3) 2003)
Article en page(s) :	157-161
Résumé :	A short communication in a gliders' journal is reviewed: Near Cottbus (southern Brandenburg region) an adult White-tailed Eagle landed for some seconds on the wing of a flying "Cirrus" glider. Possible reasons for this unusual behaviour are discussed. Probably the eagle approached the glider out of curiosity while good thermal conditions favoured very close soaring. Landing might be facilitated by special air currents near the glider's wing. There were no indications of aggressive behaviour. As far as we know, a landing of a bird of prey on a flying object has not been described before.

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