Wedge-tailed Eagle at Wamban, NSW
Identification history
| Aquila audax | 24 Jul 2020 | nickhopkins |
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User's notes
Nest discovered during Koala habitat study. Bird circled overhead very high.
3 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
25 Jul 2020
Wow, some unburnt forest out in the ranges - good to see. Is the brown foliage in the foreground from drought, not fire? Loss of stick nests isn't a fire consequence that leaps immediately to mind, but for birds that build a huge nest and reuse it year after year, it must be quite a drain on resources to have to rebuild, assuming they survive the fire and don't starve to death.
nickhopkins
wrote:
25 Jul 2020
Jackie, the whole area was burnt. Perhaps it was so high up that it escaped ignition?
JackieMiles
wrote:
27 Jul 2020
OK, although I can see green canopy in the background of the 3rd photo, so perhaps only a lower intensity burn?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.984507-36.007360
- Maps Deua National Park
- Places Wamban, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Jul 2020 11:11 AM Recorded on
- nickhopkins Recorded by
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Aquila audax Scientific name
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1819.7m Recorded at altitude
- 987 images trained Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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