CIANT HAWK
flies off with sheep. NEST IN THK MOUNTAINS. GLEN INNFS, Jan, 11). Although hawks frequently carry ot' lambs it is unusual for them to fly off witli a: full-grown sheep. This, however, bis been happeuig in the Bolivia, district, where a giant hawk has been seen flying aloft with a sheep The bird, which measures over eight feet from tip to tip, Ipn its eyrie in the mountains. .Recently a well-known north-west-ern grazier purchased a property at Bolivia, and within tlfe past couple of months ho stocked up with a flock of well-grown, wethers. Amongst these were a number suffering from pink-eye. ft was found tha't sheep were disappearing and in each case of Joss it was one of tlic affected sheep. A careful watch was kept, and one day a giant Jmwk was seen to swoop down, tvcize on one of the partially blind wethers and fly away with it.t heavy burden. Since then the act .has been repented many times-
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 85, 8 February 1928, Page 3
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164CIANT HAWK Stratford Evening Post, Issue 85, 8 February 1928, Page 3
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