Aquila audax

15 Wedge-tailed Eagle at Michelago, NSW

Aquila audax at Michelago, NSW - 26 Nov 2018
Aquila audax at Michelago, NSW - 26 Nov 2018
Aquila audax at Michelago, NSW - 26 Nov 2018
Aquila audax at Michelago, NSW - 26 Nov 2018
Aquila audax at Michelago, NSW - 26 Nov 2018
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Aquila audax 1 Dec 2018 ArcherCallaway
Aquila audax 1 Dec 2018 Illilanga

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Three birds in total. Two eagles were performing aerial acrobatics (including talon grappling) quite low to the ground while the third eagle looked on from a perch in a eucalypt. All flew off after a few minutes. It all happened very quickly!

5 comments

   1 Dec 2018
Wow - great photos !
juddernaut wrote:
   2 Dec 2018
Amazing. Possibly my new favourite Naturemapr post
   2 Dec 2018
Amazing photo, so glad you posted it๐Ÿ‘
Illilanga wrote:
   2 Dec 2018
Thank you all for you kind words and likes. So grateful for having CNM so that I can share it with you. It was a very special moment with these amazing birds. :)
libbyh wrote:
   2 Dec 2018
amazing images well done!

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Species information

  • Aquila audax Scientific name
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1819.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 1205 images trained Machine learning
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  • Ngunnawal language

    Maliyan

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