Wedgie in the Wind (try Sea Eagle...)

:clap: :clap: Well done catching it as it passed by, TC!!! :bounce: Even if the tail is folded, your pic shows very well where the name comes from!

Well worth chasing great flight capture.

A fantastic shot of our famous "Wedgie" o:clap

Nice shot Ozgora but are you sure of the ID, that colouration looks more like immature White Bellied Sea Eagle.

A splendid flight shot, well done! :clap: Especially after chasing it like that! :t:

Trev may be right about the ID, however. White-bellied Sea Eagles also have a wedge-shaped tail, and the half-moon pale shape at the base of the primaries, along with the beginning of a light-coloured sub-terminal band on the tail, points to a juvenile White-bellied. So too do the emerging patterns on the wings. Based purely on the White-bellied juveniles I've seen around here, I would have identified this as a White-bellied. Boodarie Station is certainly close enough to the coast for Sea Eagles. If Trev and I are right about the ID, this is a very exciting capture, because it means that they are breeding successfully over there, and White-bellied Sea Eagle numbers dropped very low for a while.

You are most likely correct because there are certainly a number of mature Sea Eagles around here and it is very close to the coast (maybe 1km). I was a little concerned that it wasn't really that dark to be a wedge tail.

I will head inland next weekend where I am sure of seeing some of the big fellas cleaning up road kill...

TC

Cheers
TC

Thanks for the comments & descriptions from Trev & Rose. Helping me learn about our wonderful birds. :scribe: :news: