Perth, Western Australia April 28, 2007 Home News Time Out Letters Write a Letter Classifieds Search Real Estate Trades & Services Submit About Contact Us Advertising Legal	Eagles new high flyer Months of training is paying off for the newest young recruit at the West Coast Eagles. Yvonne Sitko and the greatest star of all the Eagles – Auzzie at Subiaco Oval with 40,000 fans. Auzzie is a huge crowd-pleaser who soars where nobody else in the squad goes. He is the magnificent young wedgetail eagle who has stunned the crowds with his aerial work at the Eagles' home games this year. Auzzie shows his stuff over Subiaco Oval. Pictures Bill Crabb He was introduced at the first West Coast home game for the season in round two, and really made an impression in round four during his first free flight around the oval before the game on Sunday – climbing up and over the stands, dipping out of sight then plunging back to land gracefully with talons outstretched on his handler's forearm in the middle of the oval. Yvonne Sitko is Auzzie's owner and founder of the WA Birds of Prey Centre (WABOPC). She has been training Auzzie for several months, and conditioning him to feel comfortable with the roar of the crowd. The West Coast Eagles, with WABOPC and Whiteman Park, are working together to promote awareness of birds of prey, conservation and rehabilitation. Do you have something to say? Write to us and we may publish your letter next week. BACK TO TOP HOME - NEXT> Copyright © 1996 - 2009 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.