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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 88967" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 1 loves all eagles, he has a beautiful photo of a Bald Eagle taken by my brother in law. But his preference is for Aussie eagles, especially the Wedge-Tailed Eagle. The Sea Eagle and Peregrine Falcon come in close behind.</p><p></p><p>We saw a lot of hawks in New Zealand and wished difficult child 1 was with us.</p><p></p><p>The Sea Eagles do fish, they don't go right under as a rule. Usually we see them grab something in their talons. They are big, they can swoop and reach down about half a metre and still not get their backs wet. I think they're moving so fast their momentum carries them back out of the water. it IS very fast. Certainly they don't dive in like the terns do.</p><p></p><p>Round about January the chicks have hatched and we've been privileged to watch the parent birds teaching their two chicks to fish - they often miss, coming up looking surprised at being empty-handed. They don't ever sit on the surface, they soar, and then swoop to skim the surface with claws reaching down to grab their target. It's wonderful having a good view of this - not so often on weekends when there are a lot of boats in the area, but on weekdays the water is much more deserted. The eagles fish way beyond the swimmers, they seem to be used to us but keep their distance.</p><p></p><p>When we were up in Queensland five years ago, we visited Currumbin, a fabulous sanctuary up there. They had a tame White-Breasted Sea Eagle, and we had our photo taken with it. difficult child 1's face was wonderful - the joy. He was able to stroke the eagle, although it was a bit tetchy and kept trying to take off. They are very heavy. The free flight show at Currumbin was wonderful, definitely worth seeing if you ever are over here. Sydney's Taronga Zoo has a free flight show but no Sea Eagle. And in Victoria, Healesville has maybe the best free flight show we've ever seen, including a Peregrine Falcon zooming up high after 'prey' - shot from a catapult.</p><p></p><p>I don't recall a free flight show at Australia Zoo - unless they've been working on one. It's perhaps the one lack in a perfect zoo.</p><p></p><p>As you might gather, we're zoo groupies.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 88967, member: 1991"] difficult child 1 loves all eagles, he has a beautiful photo of a Bald Eagle taken by my brother in law. But his preference is for Aussie eagles, especially the Wedge-Tailed Eagle. The Sea Eagle and Peregrine Falcon come in close behind. We saw a lot of hawks in New Zealand and wished difficult child 1 was with us. The Sea Eagles do fish, they don't go right under as a rule. Usually we see them grab something in their talons. They are big, they can swoop and reach down about half a metre and still not get their backs wet. I think they're moving so fast their momentum carries them back out of the water. it IS very fast. Certainly they don't dive in like the terns do. Round about January the chicks have hatched and we've been privileged to watch the parent birds teaching their two chicks to fish - they often miss, coming up looking surprised at being empty-handed. They don't ever sit on the surface, they soar, and then swoop to skim the surface with claws reaching down to grab their target. It's wonderful having a good view of this - not so often on weekends when there are a lot of boats in the area, but on weekdays the water is much more deserted. The eagles fish way beyond the swimmers, they seem to be used to us but keep their distance. When we were up in Queensland five years ago, we visited Currumbin, a fabulous sanctuary up there. They had a tame White-Breasted Sea Eagle, and we had our photo taken with it. difficult child 1's face was wonderful - the joy. He was able to stroke the eagle, although it was a bit tetchy and kept trying to take off. They are very heavy. The free flight show at Currumbin was wonderful, definitely worth seeing if you ever are over here. Sydney's Taronga Zoo has a free flight show but no Sea Eagle. And in Victoria, Healesville has maybe the best free flight show we've ever seen, including a Peregrine Falcon zooming up high after 'prey' - shot from a catapult. I don't recall a free flight show at Australia Zoo - unless they've been working on one. It's perhaps the one lack in a perfect zoo. As you might gather, we're zoo groupies. Marg [/QUOTE]
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