Aussie Wedgetail Eagles

[Chilli]

Hi. Was at a place we go and see these there often. I was fishing and when I turned around to say something to my misses two were right in close playing. I fumbled for my phone and by the time I got into video mode they were much further away. In close you could see every feather they were that close. They are our largest bird of prey, not as big I don't think as yours. I love these things. Hopefully next time ill be ready. Iv put my phone on instant video touch now.
They are a bit away here and I missed filming them playing and grabbing each other. They did briefly on the second video before going out of view. I had to cut the video in two as I cant post anything bigger than the short of each.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Looked 'em up..not quite a big as a Bald Eagle, but a beautiful bird nonetheless.
They remind me of immature Bald Eagles.

 

[Chilli]

Looked 'em up..not quite a big as a Bald Eagle, but a beautiful bird nonetheless.
They remind me of immature Bald Eagles.

They are lovely birds mate. They were nearly shot into extinction here as the early settlers thought when they saw them on dead sheep and cattle feeding that they had killed them. They don't hunt either, they just saw them opportunistically feeding on them dead for other reasons like frost or dingos and foxes. Thankfully they made a comeback. They will take rabbits and hares and small native prey but never livestock. Beautiful birds. There are quite a few where we are now and I just love seeing them. The eyesight though. Like yours for sure. Several yrs ago at the same place I caught a nice big trout in the lake.
One was circling about the same distance as those in the vids. When we walked back to the car it zeroed in like a rocket straight onto the left overs from me cleaning the fish. To have eyesight like that huh!? 👍

 

[DizzyDigger]

Several yrs ago at the same place I caught a nice big trout in the lake.
One was circling about the same distance as those in the vids. When we walked back to the car it zeroed in like a rocket straight onto the left overs from me cleaning the fish. To have eyesight like that huh!?

About 20 years back I went to do some trout fishing at a small local lake. When I picked my spot on the bank to fish from, I noticed an Osprey flying around the lake. While not as common as the Bald Eagles, we do see Osprey quite often.

That bird took a five fish limit (all within 50 yards of me) before I put my second one on the bank. I'd see it circling up about 500 ft., then it would fold it's wings and come down like a bullet, braking just before it hit water. Wings would start flapping and up it would come with yet another fat trout in it's claws.

I've heard that there are areas in Australia that have a serious feral cat problem. Maybe the eagles can help out a bit there.