Wedge-tailed Eagles riding thermals to heights of up to two kilometres over Warraweena Conservation Park.
Wedge-tailed Eagles
Birds in Backyards Winter Survey 2019
Once you have registered your free Birdata account, read the instructions or watch the video. Download the Birdata app and take your smartphone or tablet outside with you and just record all the birds you seen in your space in 20 mins.
Wedge-tail Eagle nest: Copley
Huge Wedge-tailed Eagle nest, approximately one meter in diameter, in a Casuarina tree, Copley.
Laughing Kookaburra: Wilpena Pound
A pair of Laughing Kookaburras in the Redgums of Wilpena Pound.
Wedge-tailed Eagle: Hawker
The enormous Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila adaux, with a wingspan up to 680mm can be seen feeding off roadkill throughout the Flinders Ranges.
Whistling Kite: Copley
Haliastur sphenurus in flight over Copley.
Zebra Finch: Copley
Adult male Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia bichenovii.
Bird Finder online
Millions of birds were spotted in around 70,000 bird counts this year in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count during National Bird Week. To help out backyard ornithologists, a useful Bird Finder page is hosted on the Birds in Backyards site.
Fairy Martin mud nests
Mud nests in the Gypcrete of White Cliff Hill constructed by Fairy Martins, Petrochelidon ariel.
Wedge-tailed eagle skull
Wedge-tailed eagle showing sclerotic ring (eye bone).
