Aquila audax

10 Wedge-tailed Eagle at Alpine, NSW

Aquila audax at Alpine, NSW - 1 Feb 2023
Aquila audax at Alpine, NSW - 1 Feb 2023
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Identification history

Aquila audax 6 Feb 2023 Boobook38
Aquila audax 5 Feb 2023 JanHartog

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User's notes

An unexpected visitor. A juvenile male wedge tailed eagle ate 6 chickens. The next day he came back and couldn't get out of the coop. It's a young eagle, probably not long out of the nest. He is now in the raptor sanctuary in kangaroo valley to be fed.

3 comments

Curiosity wrote:
   6 Feb 2023
Sorry about the chickens, but a great outcome for the eagle!
AaronClausen wrote:
   11 Feb 2023
Wow. Unreal
AlisonMilton wrote:
   3 Mar 2023
Sad about your chickens but great photo and glad the eagle is now in good care. Extremely lovely birds.

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  • Aquila audax Scientific name
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1819.7m Recorded at altitude
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  • Ngunnawal language

    Maliyan

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