Crested honey buzzard takes brief ride on Taiwan Railway
Crested honey buzzard takes brief ride on Taiwan Railway
2025-08-14
A fare-evading passenger caught quite a stir in a train in Northern Taiwan. It was not a human, however, but an eagle-like bird. A crested honey buzzard somehow found its way inside the carriage, where it got so overwhelmed with the crowds that it started getting combative. Passengers rushed to call for help in dealing with the bird. Let’s hear more.
Chen Po-ting
Keelung animal protection official
Station staff assisted in getting the buzzard in a bag and releasing it to the wild at the train platform. The bird was fine and flew away instantly. It happens sometimes, that buzzards get inside the trains or inside people’s homes.
Lee Chih-jung
Wild Bird Society of Keelung
Judging from the video, the incident was handled correctly. It may have been a young bird still learning to fly that got tired. Maybe it saw some food and was chasing after it, or the catch was too heavy. Maybe it was about to take off again.
Fortunately, the bird flew off unharmed, and nobody was attacked. It was released at Xizhi Station after a short but eventful train ride.
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台鐵區間車驚現老鷹搭"霸王車" 站務員徒手抓鷹放飛
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週四上午有民眾目擊，台鐵一輛區間車上行駛到基隆百福站時，有隻「東方蜂鷹」飛進車廂內，就怕老鷹看到人多緊張，出現攻擊行為，趕緊通報列車長處理。
[[基隆市動防所長 陳柏廷]]
“由站務人員協助，將老鷹用袋子包裹起來，在月台作野放，老鷹狀況良好，當下立刻展翅高飛。偶爾會有老鷹，不小心闖入車廂或民宅的狀況。”
[[基隆鳥會理事 李知榕]]
“影片上面這樣處置的方式是正確的。牠可能是幼鳥，還在練飛的階段，然後牠可能累了，可能是看見食物、在追食物，或是因為牠抓到的食物可能重量過重，可能在剛好要起飛的階段。”
幸好老鷹只是飛累了，沒有受傷，也沒有攻擊人，最後在汐止站被送下車，結束了牠短暫的火車之旅。
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