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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)Observer
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Snoozing. Totally oblivious to the noise from the busy road below.
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Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)Observer
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Diving at prey from power lines along Port Gawler Rd.
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Black Falcon (Falco subniger)Observer
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At least two Black Falcons soaring on thermals with Black Kites, perched on power poles, and also swooping aggressively at Black Kites and Little Ravens roosting along Lemmey Rd.
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Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)Observer
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A young eagle with fresh blood on its talons and beak, probably from prey caught earlier that morning.
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Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)Observer
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Flying just above the tree tops at sunrise near the western end of the campground.
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Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)Observer
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Circling low over the western end of the campground and nearby walking trails.
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)Observer
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Pursued by a Caspian Tern.
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)Observer
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Chasing a Feral Pigeon.
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)Observer
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Snatched a Feral Pigeon after diving at it from a building.
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)Observer
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Mobbed by a Caspian Tern.
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)Observer
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Raiding a seagull colony.
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)Observer
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A pair of adults, probably Port Gawler's resident pair, initially perched on one of their favorite power poles on the edge of a salt pond, then raiding a nearby seagull colony multiple times for juvenile seagulls. One of the eagles also chased a Caspian tern that was carrying a fish, presumably to steal the fish, but ended up being mobbed by a variety of other birds instead. Eventually both eagles flew south over Port Gawler Rd with dead seagulls in their talons.
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)Observer
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Flying with a juvenile seagull in its talons after raiding a seagull colony on an island in a salt pond. It was mobbed by several adult seagulls and dropped its prey as a result, but managed to retrieve it off the surface of the water after diving vertically 10-15 meters.
