Arthur River, Tasmania, 19 October 2023.  (Click an image to double size.  Links to posts from this trip)
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Sea Eagles’s nest.

We were on a cruise on the Arthur River and soon came across a sea eagle’s nest, though no residents were evident.  This is a long term nest,  maintained and used over multiple years and generations.

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We were able to watch the changing features at the side of the river as we drifted past.

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Sea Eagle diving for fish.

We knew there was going to be some fish thrown for an eagle but I was caught by surprise on the other side of the  boat, otherwise I would have been using a longer lens.  Still, there were more opportunities to come….

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A side creek joining the river.

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Reflections and cormorant.

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Did you see the cormorant?  It is a pied cormorant, sitting on or behind the fallen log to the right.  (Click on the image for a larger size to see it better).

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Great cormorant.

Another cormorant, but quite a different species.

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Ripples in the water, stirred up by the wave of the boat.

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And now a sea eagle, up in the branches of a tree, far away.

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Here’s looking at you!

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And he’s off!  (she’s off?).

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Majestically soaring on the breeze.

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Back now to perfect reflections.

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Ferns at the edge of the river.

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The river is contemplating becoming an oil painting.

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Reflections conjured up by the wake of the boat.

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An eagle and catch.

Not as close as it might appear.  Taken at the full-frame equivalent of 900mm and cropped in about 50%.

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Abstract reflections.

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Bennett’s Wallaby.

We’d stopped for a brief walk on land at this point.

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Nearly back to base; the third image from the other side.

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