One nest at a time
Over the past year the TLC has been working in partnership with renewable energy developer Roaring 40’s on an eagle habitat protection programme. The idea of the programme is to protect the primary nesting sites of wedge-tailed (Aquila audax fleaye) and white bellied sea eagles (Haliaeetus leucogaster).
It's a simple idea that so far has established ten new reserves totaling 320 hectares. It has also kept one of our great staff members, Leigh Walters, busy running around the State finding, and checking as many already known active nest sites as he can.
[Caption:"Wedge-tailed Eagle nest in the Tasmanian midlands."]
[Caption:"TLC staff member Leigh Walters finds a wallaby claw in a wedge-tailed eagle pellet below a nest site in the Tasmanian midlands. "]