PHOTO: It’s not easy to diagnose a wedge-tail eagle. IMAGE: NSW National Parks
In the height of the summer heat in February, two NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service officers were spraying weeds in Warrumbungle National Park near Coonabarabran when something in a creek caught their eye.
It was a bird with its wings slightly open, barely moving a muscle. It was a huge bird – our biggest, a wedge-tail eagle.
The eagle didn’t move, didn’t attempt to fly away when they approached…