Watch Our Animals online: Episode 5 Wedge-tailed eagles

The strong hooked beak has a razor sharp edge. On their feet they have sharp claws or talons that are very useful for killing and carrying food. They spend a lot of their day in the air flying. They can soar so high that we can't see them from the ground. They have very good hearing and excellent eyesight. They can spot a meal from way up in the sky. They are carnivores. That means they like to eat meat. Rabbit is their favourite food but they also like lizards, birds and the meat of already dead animals. They often share their food with other wedge tailed eagles. When they are full, they carry bits of food away and hide them for later. They might hide the food between rocks or in trees. e They use the same breeding and nesting grounds year after year. They like to make their nests high up, in trees or on rocky outcrops or cliffs. Some wedge tailed eagles stay with the same partner all their lives. Females usually lay 1 or 2 eggs. They are round, creamy white and blotched with brown. Six weeks later tiny eagles covered in soft down hatch. Often only one chick survives. The parents bring it bits of meat to eat. The chick stays with its parents for about 6 months learning how to fly and hunt. It then heads off to find its own territory.

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