ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Aviceda subcristata  

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)
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© Geoff Walker 2013
Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, QLD (Dec, 2013)

This adult Pacific Baza was feeding its three chicks with green tree frogs. It would "soften" the frog on a tree branch and then feed it to one of the chicks.

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Dinner time

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

To the hunter the spoils

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Immature Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Juvenile Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza Swooping

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza parent at nest

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Pacific Baza