Given to Fly
High on it's nest above the Banksia woodland of Perth's Swan Coastal Plain, this 11 week-old eaglet fledged a few days after this photograph was taken. Here, it raises its wings in a defensive posture as I stuck my hand above my head, pointed the camera in roughly the right direction and clicked the shutter. This nest was so high that I had to hang underneath it to take photos! You can just make out the remains of Western Grey Kangaroo hide in the foreground.
This photo featured on the cover of the Australian Wildlife Magazine, Autumn 2009.
Given to Fly
High on it's nest above the Banksia woodland of Perth's Swan Coastal Plain, this 11 week-old eaglet fledged a few days after this photograph was taken. Here, it raises its wings in a defensive posture as I stuck my hand above my head, pointed the camera in roughly the right direction and clicked the shutter. This nest was so high that I had to hang underneath it to take photos! You can just make out the remains of Western Grey Kangaroo hide in the foreground.
This photo featured on the cover of the Australian Wildlife Magazine, Autumn 2009.