ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Aquila audax  

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
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© Larry Dunis 2009
Tarko Station, QLD (Jul, 2009)

In climbing to the top of Mount Francis (I think it must only just make the height minimum for being called a 'mount') in the hope of sighting a Peregrine Falcon we were pleasantly surprised to also meet with this Wedge-tailed Eagle that did us the honour of a doing a couple of loops around the mountain top at head height before soaring up high.

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)

Wedge-tailed Eagle