canberrabirds

White-bellied Sea Eagle

To: 'Geoffrey Dabb' <>, "" <>
Subject: White-bellied Sea Eagle
From: Philip Veerman <>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:41:51 +0000

Well that is interesting and I wonder how you found that. Or maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. Another thing of some peripheral interest (though technically not that vital) that the “Eagles” book by Stephen Debus missed an opportunity to mention.

 

From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Saturday, 24 November, 2018 9:27 AM
To:
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] White-bellied Sea Eagle

 

Named for an American ornithologist, and the subject of perhaps the only postage stamp issue  showing the life cycle of a bird species – just a sample below

 

 

From: Philip Veerman <>
Sent: Friday, 23 November 2018 9:30 PM
To: 'Canberra Birds' <>
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] White-bellied Sea Eagle

 

Sorry, Sanford’s (not Sandford’s).

 

From: Philip Veerman
Sent: Friday, 23 November, 2018 1:05 PM
To: 'Harvey Perkins'; 'Canberra Birds'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] White-bellied Sea Eagle

 

Well yes but you could better ask What's it doing in the current cold, blustery and almost sleeting conditions? about a tiny bird like a Weebill. Thermoregulation is harder the smaller you are……

 

I have occasionally had one over my home too.

 

From my observations, the White-bellied Sea Eagle is sort of common in warm Philippines and cold Tasmania. Actually it appears to me the Sea-Eagles (apart from the African one and Sandford’s ) are more characteristic of cold places than warm ones.

 

 

From: Harvey Perkins
Sent: Friday, 23 November, 2018 7:57 AM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] White-bellied Sea Eagle

 

That was nice - just had a sub-adult White-bellied Sea Eagle (maybe 4th or 5th year bird) cruise past, heading north along the broader Murrumbidgee corridor. What's it doing in the current cold, blustery and almost sleeting conditions? If I had wings I'd be off somewhere else!

 

This is my third record of the species from home (over 9 years now since we've been here) at Gleneagles in Kambah. Others were 15 Oct 2011 and 26 Sep 2015, so all spring records.

 

Harvey

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