Ah The Wedge Tail Eagle , a beautiful bird of prey but unfortunately you don't see them all that often.
yobarr said
02:59 PM Dec 9, 2021
Blues Man wrote:
Ah The Wedge Tail Eagle , a beautiful bird of prey but unfortunately you don't see them all that often.
Saw one couple of months ago,near Winton.It had just gone through the driver's side windscreen of a Mack Roadtrain.Dead Wedgetail and dead windscreen.Cheers
TheHeaths said
04:09 PM Dec 9, 2021
Plenty of them in northern areas of SA recently.
Bobdown said
04:26 PM Dec 9, 2021
When we moved to Mount Barker, a neighbour said we had a wedge tailed eagles nest in the remnant bush at the back of the block, and they return every 2 years.
Took me ages to find it (4 acres of bush) but it's huge, one day an eagle landed just outside the front fence, and hovered around for about 5 minutes. See a few every summer.
Yobarr, is that just stuffed then ? or mounted as well ?
yobarr said
06:59 PM Dec 9, 2021
Craig1 wrote:
Yobarr, is that just stuffed then ? or mounted as well ?
Just well and truly stuffed,Craig! Cheers
dorian said
05:27 AM Dec 10, 2021
If it attacks parachutes, paragliders and truck windscreens, then this Aussie bird can't be the sharpest tool in the shed.
Bicyclecamper said
05:29 PM Dec 10, 2021
They also use to take children up to the age of 10 back around 300 years ago, that's why they were heavily hunted by the Australian inhabitants back then.
peter67 said
08:18 PM Dec 10, 2021
Well at least that will take some suspicion off the poor old Dingoes then.
chappy said
11:41 PM Dec 12, 2021
In 2011 we got to Kununurra and went to the tourist info centre and received a welcome pack . It contained a WA map, a bag for firewood, heavy duty gloves (still in caravan) long handled tongs to pick up road kill ,a heavy duty bag for roadkill. But the best freebie was a beautiful sticker that stated " Stop for a wedgie" showing a wedgie taking flight from road kill. Iconic and well treasured.
yobarr said
09:23 AM Dec 13, 2021
peter67 wrote:
Well at least that will take some suspicion off the poor old Dingoes then.
Reminds me of the "John Deere" jokes from 40 years ago! Cheers
Buzz Lightbulb said
03:20 PM Apr 27, 2022
A bit more news about our Wedge-tailed eagles. Some lucky person was able to take a picture of nine of them in one photo.
they get attracted to road kill and they are not as quick as crows in getting out of the way
Whenarewethere said
05:10 PM Apr 27, 2022
Best I can do with a 135mm lens. Gundabooka NP south west of Bourke. An eagle area, a fair bit of a climb up the hill to look down.
peter67 said
06:14 PM Apr 27, 2022
Beautiful shot.
peter67 said
06:16 PM Apr 27, 2022
dogbox wrote:
they get attracted to road kill and they are not as quick as crows in getting out of the way
That's because crows go kah car, all the time, and warn each other...
Kebbin said
06:17 PM Apr 27, 2022
That shot of the Bald Eagle seems to reflect the state of the US at the moment, Confused.
Derek Barnes said
08:38 PM Apr 27, 2022
I had the pleasure of holding a wedge tailed eagle on my arm a few years ago at a bird sanctuary. Most birds feel relatively light when they are on your arm, but not the wedgie! He weight a ton and made my arm ache after a while. An absolutely beautiful bird both up close and in flight!
Craig1 said
08:49 PM Apr 27, 2022
Pete 67 wrote- "That's because crows go kah car, all the time, and warn each other..."
Graham Kennedy got rubbed out because he reckoned Crows went " F..aaar"
k.
peter67 said
10:19 AM Apr 28, 2022
Yes Craig I remember watching that episode and wondering how he was going to get away with that :)
Ah The Wedge Tail Eagle , a beautiful bird of prey but unfortunately you don't see them all that often.
Saw one couple of months ago,near Winton.It had just gone through the driver's side windscreen of a Mack Roadtrain.Dead Wedgetail and dead windscreen.Cheers
When we moved to Mount Barker, a neighbour said we had a wedge tailed eagles nest in the remnant bush at the back of the block, and they return every 2 years.
Took me ages to find it (4 acres of bush) but it's huge, one day an eagle landed just outside the front fence, and hovered around for about 5 minutes. See a few every summer.
Cheers Bob
Just well and truly stuffed,Craig! Cheers
Reminds me of the "John Deere" jokes from 40 years ago! Cheers
A bit more news about our Wedge-tailed eagles. Some lucky person was able to take a picture of nine of them in one photo.
They are really big birds:
Bird watcher's Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle photo shows group's vulture-like behaviour
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-27/wedge-tailed-eagle-photo-shows-vulture-behaviour/101015390
Best I can do with a 135mm lens. Gundabooka NP south west of Bourke. An eagle area, a fair bit of a climb up the hill to look down.
That's because crows go kah car, all the time, and warn each other...
I had the pleasure of holding a wedge tailed eagle on my arm a few years ago at a bird sanctuary. Most birds feel relatively light when they are on your arm, but not the wedgie! He weight a ton and made my arm ache after a while. An absolutely beautiful bird both up close and in flight!
Graham Kennedy got rubbed out because he reckoned Crows went " F..aaar"
k.