Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed eagle {Aquila audax fleayi} tasmanian sub species, adult portrait, Australia

David Gallan / Slow motion clip of a Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) landing in nest, Mimosa National Park, New South Wales, Australia , September.

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle soaring {Aquila audax} Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) adult, Tasmania, Australia.

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) adult, Tasmania, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Wedge-tailed baby eagle (Aquila audax) on its nest, South Australia, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Wedge-tailed baby eagle (Aquila audax) on its nest with a rabbit prey, South Australia, Australia.

Dave Watts / Road warning sign for Wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) feeding on road, Tasmania, Australia, February 2011

Steven David Miller / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) head portrait (captive) Devils Heaven Wildlife Park, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Steven David Miller / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) perched on post (captive) Devils Heaven Wildlife Park, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) perched, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) perched, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on Kangaroo prey, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), Northern Territory, Australia

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} adult with chick in nest, Sturt NP, NSW, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, NSW, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} mantling prey, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} with prey, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle {Aquila audax} feeding on kangaroo carcass surrounded by flies, Central Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle {Aquila audax} adult feeding chick at nest, New South Wales, Australia

WILLIAM OSBORN / Wedge tail eagle {Aquila audax} juvenile feeds on Grey kangaroo carcass, QLD, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle female at nest with chick {Aquila audax} Central Australia

Tony Heald / Wedge tailed eagle perched {Aquila audax} Northern Territory, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed eagle at nest with chick {Aquila audax} New South Wales, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} mainland form Sturt NP, NSW, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) panting, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on road killed Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass in arid outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) pair, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on road killed Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass in arid outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} mainland form Storo NP NSW Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} Tasmanian form Tasmania Australia

Laurent Geslin / Skull and beak of Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax}

Jurgen Freund / Wedge-tailed Eagle {Aquila audax} by the roadside guarding its roadkill trophy, a dead Kangaroo, Western Australia

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) flying, Queensland, Australia

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass, South Australia, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) group in tree, Queensland, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on road killed Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Flinders Ranges National Park, Australia