Aquila audax

3 Wedge-tailed Eagle at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 16 Mar 2025 12:30 PM
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 16 Mar 2025 12:30 PM
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 16 Mar 2025 12:30 PM
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 16 Mar 2025 12:30 PM
Aquila audax at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 16 Mar 2025 12:30 PM
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Identification history

Aquila audax 17 Mar 2025 MichaelBedingfield
Aquila audax 17 Mar 2025 CarbonAI
Aquila audax 17 Mar 2025 VanceLawrence

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We regularly see a pair of eagles in this area, and the nesting sites within the area are regularly used. On this day we observed 2 pairs of eagles involved in an aerial dogfight. This lasted for approximately 4 minutes. You can see in one of the photos two eagles locking talons with a third just below them. We assume this was a territorial argument. One was later observed flying in the canopy near the nests, whilst one other circled high overhead and the other two circled off to the South east towards Mt Clear. A spectacular sight, particularly for the young Venturer Scouts with us on their first round of WaterWatch monitoring for Southern ACT Catchment Group.

4 comments

JimL wrote:
   17 Mar 2025
Photos turned out alright! That was so good to see...
HelenCross wrote:
   18 Mar 2025
That backdrop!
VanceLawrence wrote:
   18 Mar 2025
@HelenCross , eastern Ridge of Hospital Creek Valley, just opposite the Gudgenby Bush Regenerators loop.
HelenCross wrote:
   18 Mar 2025
Fantastic!

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  • True Nesting site

Species information

  • Aquila audax Scientific name
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 2107.75m Recorded at altitude
  • 1247 images trained Machine learning
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  • Ngunnawal language

    Maliyan

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