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White Bellied Sea Eagle Nest


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This is a record of White Bellied Sea Eagle nest located in Tinagat, Tawau.

The nest was located on the fork of a very tall tree half way up the mountain. A hide was built on the slope of the mountain to facilitate the shooting of the nest and the chicks over a period of a few weeks, we got to cut our way through the thick undergrowth and climbed the steep slope to reach the place for the setup of the hide. However, we discovered later that the birds were not intimidated at all, may be the distance between the nest and the hill slope was too far to pose any real alarm. Nonetheless, the hide was effective to shelter us from the typical tropical afternoon storm.

I went there a couple of times to shoot, for every trip, I got the lug my camera and 600mm together with my Gitzo 1548 and Whimberly I head to climb to the hide, a good exercise nonetheless.

The chicks fledged a few days after our last visit in May 2008.
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
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