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Nice shots Baz. We often see them up north of Pt Augusta on the side of the road eating road kill. Sometimes it can be a bit hairy coming round a bend and seeing one sitting on top of a dead animal on the white line! You never know which way they'll take off!
Forgive me for hijacking your thread but your photos brought back memories of ones that I've taken in the last few years. The first shot below is of one up north near Coober Pedy that we managed to stop the car in time to get a few photos of a pair feeding.
The next five are from Maralinga, SA in Nov 2010. It's great to see these birds living just a few km's away from 7 nuclear bomb test sites! No. 2 shows the wedge tail well in flight but it's hard to get the scale of the wingspan. No. 3 is an old nest that has been there for many many years. It's huge. I worked on site there in 1997 and it was there then. They use it from time to time I hear but there's always a pair in the area regardless. On the last trip I climbed on top of the Troopie and was just able to peer in and I saw No. 4!! Two chicks. In No. 5 you can't quite tell there's two though. No. 6 shows what's living in amongst the twigs of the huge nest - some zebra finches! The finches are either very brave or just plain stupid I think! BUT... no. 7 is one of the parents.... a Brown Falcon, not a Wedgie. So other birds use the Wedgie nest when they're not, and why wouldn't you!
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