Wedge-tailed eagles are breeding at TLC’s Five Rivers Conservation Area
A wedge-tailed eagle chick sighted at TLC's Five Rivers Conservation Area.
You’re looking at just one of the fluffy faces that have put all trips to our Central Highland properties on hold for the summer… and we could not be happier!
At our annual eagle nest checks across TLC properties, Reserves Management Officer Shane McHugh spotted the newborn wedge-tailed eagle pictured above on our road to Skullbone Plains Reserve.
This means that we have very limited access to Skullbone Plains with visitation restricted to essential staff trips via a Forestry Tasmania road. In addition to our new celebrity pictured in the top photo, at least two more eagle nests have been found to contain recently born chicks, with another nest showing signs of nest lining and activity in November 2013. This is a great result for wedge-tailed eagles and hopefully indicates that our management of the properties is helping to conserve this much admired species.
Even though our Skullbone Plains Reserve and Central Highlands properties are off the cards this summer, everyone is welcome to visit our other reserves! Anyone wishing to schedule a visit this summer should contact Leigh Walters on 0407 891 025 or by emailing [email protected]