The Australian Wedge-tailed Eagle
While on my little Australian outback adventure trip I spotted a Australian Wedge-tailed Eagle in the far distance, I couldn't believe it because just prior to seeing it I was whinging to my wife how disappointed I was that I didn't see one, than 10min later BAM an eagle.
This badboy is the largest bird of prey in Australia, with the wingspan up to 2.84 m (9 ft 4 in).
I'm not entirely sure how far it was, but the 70-250mm lens came in handy!
Canon 600D + 55-250mm
Giant budgie that one.
Sure is, I probably should do some calculations to find out how big was the wingspan!
Such a majestic bird 🦅
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That's a cool experience to have, seeing one of those out in the wild. You got some nice photos too :)
cheers bmj, it's a shame he was so far away and I was shooting against the sun :(
wow, there are eagles in oz land... never would have thought that...
yea man, where have you been!
One of my favourite birds of prey. Some very nice shots you've got there.
I've had multiple times of seeing them up close in the wild, but have never had my camera (or even my phone) out in time to get nice photos. Best was either finding one perched on a fence post in the Flinders Ranges, or coming across one eating (from memory) kangaroo roadkill north of Narrogin, just standing on the road as though it was perfectly normal.
I saw one on the road eating a roadkill as well, but didn't get my camera fast enough to take the photo, which is a shame because he was much much closer!
I had time to pull over, get out and then realise I needed to find the phone. When I stuck my head back into the car, I must have made the wrong noise and off the bird went. Got to see him up close though which was nice
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