Yes a very obvious (first immature) White-bellied Sea-Eagle. Lots of features to id this as that one and not a WtE. Apart from the exposed tarsus (diagnostic difference on its own) the general paler colour and all the patterns, the very broad wings and shorter tail, Yes White-bellied Sea-Eagle do occur a lot on inland waterways (are a regular in Canberra, Gum swamp in Forbes, etc). Philip —–Original Message—– From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Prof Michael Tarburton Sent: Thursday, 26 September 2013 9:02 AM To: Peter Shute; Geoff Leslie Cc: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] id for eagle Yea Looks like a White-bellied S-E in all details even the slightly longer section of exposed tarsus. I agree with Peter. We have seen several adults well inland in NSW & Vic recently. Cheers Mike Tarburton —– Original Message —– From: “Peter Shute” To:”Geoff Leslie” Cc:”birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au” Sent:Thu, 26 Sep 2013 05:07:17 +1000 Subject:Re: [Birding-Aus] id for eagle I think it’s a juvenile White-bellied Sea-eagle. Is that an unusual place to see one? Peter Shute Sent from my iPad > On 26 Sep 2013, at 4:59 am, “Geoff Leslie” wrote: > > A friend sent me these photos of an eagle he photographed in Nerrandera. It > is clearly a wedge-tail to my view but the markings and coloration seem > quite strange. Any suggestions or comments? > > 103213925@N04/” >http://www.flickr.com/photos/103213925@N04/ > > > > Geoff Leslie =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
There is a nesting white-bellied sea-eagle at Gum Swamp, Forbes as we speak. Carl Weber —–Original Message—– [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Philip Veerman Sent: Thursday, 26 September 2013 11:03 AM Yes a very obvious (first immature) White-bellied Sea-Eagle. Lots of features to id this as that one and not a WtE. Apart from the exposed tarsus (diagnostic difference on its own) the general paler colour and all the patterns, the very broad wings and shorter tail, Yes White-bellied Sea-Eagle do occur a lot on inland waterways (are a regular in Canberra, Gum swamp in Forbes, etc). Philip —–Original Message—– [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Prof Michael Tarburton Sent: Thursday, 26 September 2013 9:02 AM Cc: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au Yea Looks like a White-bellied S-E in all details even the slightly longer section of exposed tarsus. I agree with Peter. We have seen several adults well inland in NSW & Vic recently. Cheers Mike Tarburton —– Original Message —– Cc:”birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au” Sent:Thu, 26 Sep 2013 05:07:17 +1000 I think it’s a juvenile White-bellied Sea-eagle. Is that an unusual place to see one? Peter Shute Sent from my iPad > On 26 Sep 2013, at 4:59 am, “Geoff Leslie” wrote: > > A friend sent me these photos of an eagle he photographed in Nerrandera. It > is clearly a wedge-tail to my view but the markings and coloration seem > quite strange. Any suggestions or comments? > > 103213925@N04/” >http://www.flickr.com/photos/103213925@N04/ > > > > Geoff Leslie =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================