Whacko! Only my second shot of this species and a tiny bit better than the first. Big day for me!
Margaret
From: Philip Veerman [
Sent: Monday, 18 February 2013 11:31 PM
To: 'sandra henderson'; 'Margaret Leggoe'
Cc: ; 'John Bundock'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Eagle over Erindale
The bird in that photo is with total certainty a juvenile White-bellied Sea-Eagle.
If you think it relevant (or even if you don't), I have fly over GBS records of both this species and Little Eagle at my Kambah site in past years.
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From: sandra henderson [m("gmail.com","shirmax2931");">]
Sent: Monday, 18 February 2013 7:35 PM
To: Margaret Leggoe
Cc: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">; John Bundock
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Eagle over Erindale
Margaret - it flew straight over my place (also in Wanniassa), very high, at 6.30pm as I was watering the garden - and was headed in your direction - had come from Farrer direction. I was thinking juvenile white-bellied sea-eagle - see the tail, which is not little-eagle-ish. would appreciate confirmation from someone who's better at raptor ID. The corellas, galahs, sulphur-crested were all wheeling about and creating a great hubbub.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Margaret Leggoe <m("gmail.com","m.leggoe7141");" target="_blank">> wrote:
I think this is a little eagle. The cockies and parrots went berserk about half an hour ago, and I managed to get a shot of the reason for it. Only a 200 mm lens, so can’t get better resolution than this. I guess the JWNR doesn’t have much to offer at the moment. I cannot recall another occasion of seeing a little eagle in this location.
Margaret Leggoe
