Thread: Birdys chances of survival

Originally Posted by rovercare

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Originally Posted by Chucaro

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never forget driving home one afternoon on one of the backroads, saw what looked (from a fair way off) like someone standing on the edge of the road wearing an ankle length drizabone..... then it took off.....

bloody HUGE bird!

I would love to have the chance to capture one with my camera but they do not come close to the coast or flat land.

I read that in the Nullarbor they are very big and come down to feed from the road kills.

Originally Posted by Chucaro

I would love to have the chance to capture one with my camera but they do not come close to the coast or flat land.

There is a place I am very familiar with where a pair of these have two nests either side of a rock formation and each season they will nest in one or the other. Even saw them mate one year, total fluke. Interesting ritual though.

The beauty of both these nest sites (about 300m apart) is that there are vantage points no more than 30m away where you can actually look down into the nest and chick(s). PM me for a couple of pix if you want. Will learn to post one day.

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by Chucaro

I would love to have the chance to capture one with my camera but they do not come close to the coast or flat land.

I read that in the Nullarbor they are very big and come down to feed from the road kills.

seen a few on the nullabor on the trips I have had over but the most Ive seen is between Wiluna and carnigie at the start of the gunbarrel
cheers
blaze

We have heaps of these big fellas here. I have found their nest, they're huge! lots of sticks and branches. Never seen on land on a power line here but plenty of Cockatoos and bats have been toasted however. Blows them to bits

Round our way we get the big Sea Eagles and their nests are very big.
Beautiful things.