Kathy Brown, Combat (SINGLE SHOT 2025)

A local Osprey defends its territory with the arrival of a juvenile white-bellied sea eagle. Captured from my small boat in Iluka Bay on an overcast and rainy afternoon. The wind was strong and the boat was swinging on the mooring as we were covering our boat in nets to protect it from nesting gulls. The two birds got caught up in a mighty combat with the Osprey not letting up at all. They chased each other around for about ten minutes allowing me just enough time to grab my camera and give it a go! this photo was the result with the Osprey showing whos boss and the sea eagle eventually succumbing and flying off bleeding. An unusual photo snapped with difficulty from a moving boat.

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