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Sea Eagles

  • 05-06-2011 9:56am
    #1
    pedroeibar1
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    Saw my first sea eagle on Thursday, being mobbed by a tern and two crows. Yesterday I saw two, the smaller one (female?) being mobbed by two crows, and the larger one sitting on a grassy tussock on an island. Not much attention paid to the mobbing.
    Some questions for the experts here:
    Is the smaller of the pair the female?
    Is it possible that they could mate/rear young this year?
    What is the effect of the mobbing and attention by crows/gulls - would corvids/gulls impact on eggs/chicks?

    Photo, FWIW, but poor quality as I only had phone, was sailing alone and had hands full due to squalls!

    Rs
    P.


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  • #2
    snowstreams
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    Glad you got to see one.
    Were you sailing around kerry when you saw it?
    The female tends to be slightly larger than the male. They probably wont be rearing any chicks this year, but could possibly next year. They are nearly old enough to breed now, they usually start breeding once they are roughly 5 years old.


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