peter
yes numerous times i have seen wedgetails perform an immelmann manoeuvre and in
groups.
and little eagles. the scissors. like air combat.
and brown falcons.
it seems to me these are family members or breeding couples.
Nik
> On 2 Mar 2025, at 9:12 pm, Peter Miller via Canberrabirds
> <> wrote:
>
> I went for a walk with my son and a friend up to Old Joe, on the border
> between ACT/NSW at the NE corner of Goorooyaroo.
>
> Birds were not particularly plentiful (this was Friday morning), but we did
> have one really interesting observation.
>
> A wedgetail flew above us while we were at the top of Old Joe. But rather
> than riding the wind currents, he/she did a series of 6 or 7
> "scallops"-flying up to almost vertical, stalling, accelerating down, and
> repeating-all with nary a flap although the bird was clearly altering her
> wing shape. It just did the once, over maybe 400 or 500 metres and
> afterwards reverted to a much more normal soaring/circling pattern.
>
> Has anyone else observed this pattern in eagles or other raptors?
>
> I can't think of seeing anything like it-the closest I can come up with was
> watching white-necked ravens on an African mountain top which were doing
> somersaults in the wind-which at the time I thought of as play.
>
> thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
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