ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Haliaeetus leucogaster  

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
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© Geoff Walker 2010
Freycinet Peninsula, TAS (Dec, 2010)

I was checking out a rocky outcrop covered in yellow algae when this sea-eagle flew past.

This is the best view I have had of a sea eagle.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Juvenile plumage

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Juvenile White-bellied Sea-Eagle

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

A striking success

White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

White-bellied Sea-Eagle