THEY don’t call him Jack the Ripper for nothing.
He generally attacks from behind and you don’t know he’s there until the first shriek.
A moment later, his powerful talons have torn shreds from the fabric shell of your ultralight glider and he’s hitched a ride on an updraft to prepare for another raid.
Pilot Alan Beavis, of Bendigo, is not Jack’s only victim, but he’s the first to have caught the wedge-tailed eagle’s attacks in the skies above Boort on camera.
“It was scary the first time (he attacked the glider) and I guess it’s still a little unnerving when it’s in close,” he said.
“I usually focus on the talons — if they’re down it probably intends to try and rip the wing.”
Story and video at http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/country-living/attack-by-a-wedgetailed-eagle-over-boort-caught-on-camera/news-story/e854314ff1cb88727c7c0d250e793039