Tracking devices on wedge-tailed eagles help scientists change the way farmers view Australia's largest bird of prey.
Wedge-tailed eagles have been fitted with tracking devices to monitor what they eat to help change farmers' perceptions of them as a threat to lambs.
Wedge-tailed eagles have been fitted with solar-powered satellite tracking devices to follow their movements and see what they are eating. Ian Falkenberg said one of the tracked eagles covered more than 16,000 kilometres in 12 months, flying between Clare in SA, to the Victorian Grampians, Nowra in NSW, and the Strzelecki Desert.
He also recommended providing shelter for stock, and keeping fox numbers under control — as they were a far bigger predator of lambs.The monitored eagles were seen eating foxes, cats, and other smaller birds — but their top prey was rabbits. "I have seen them kill foxes and rabbits, so they're cleaning up pest species as well on our property," Mr Nicholls said."There are other things to focus on our property like sheep nutrition, shelter when lambing — all those sorts of things that would be a lot more achievable and make a lot more difference to our bottom line than worrying about a pair of eagles flying around that may or may not be killing lambs.
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