Aquila audax

3 Wedge-tailed Eagle at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 8 Jun 2019
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 8 Jun 2019
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 8 Jun 2019
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 8 Jun 2019
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 8 Jun 2019
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Identification history

Aquila audax 20 Jun 2019 Illilanga
Aquila audax 19 Jun 2019 BIrdsinCanberra

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The first Wedge-tailed Eagle perched on the branch of a dead tree in the distance. It was staying still, just moving its head from side to side. Walking further along the trail I was able to see the tree in a more open setting. I did not realise it at the time but I was able to see an eagle higher in the tree. It was motionless except for its turning head. It suddenly defecated, before spreading its wings to fly steeply down, to the west, away and out of view of me. I walked on a bit, before noticing another eagle in the same tree. I am positive this was not the first eagle that had just flown down, as looking at the photographs of the first eagle, I realised the first eagle and this eagle were actually on the same branch, the other eagle was higher in the tree. This eagle also descended on the wing towards the west.

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  • Aquila audax Scientific name
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1819.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 1167 images trained Machine learning
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  • Ngunnawal language

    Maliyan
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