THE HUNT FOR RAPTORS
Introduction
Falcons
True Eagles
Buzzards (Buteo)
My Adventures
Accipiters and other Goshawks
Martial Eagle (juvenile) eating impala, Skukuza, Kruger NP, RSA 2016
Martial Eagle, Orpen, Kruger NP 2012
Martial Eagle, near Outjo, Namibia 2010
Martial Eagle near Outjo Namibia, 2010
Martial Eagle chick at nest, Crocodile Bridge, Kruger NP, RSA 2018
Martial Eagle near Satara, Kruger NP 2013
Martial Eagle with Springhaas kill, Berg en Dal, Kruger NP, RSA 2012
Martial Eagle, Tshokwane, Kruger NP, RSA, 2016
Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti), El Barraco, Extremadura, Spain 2017
Spanish Imperial Eagle. Note the distinctive blonde head and white shoulder markings
Spanish Imperial Eagle portrait
Spanish Imperial Eagle in flight
Steppe Eagle (Aquila Nipalensis), Orpen, Kruger NP, RSA, 2013
Tawny Eagle (Aquila Rapax) juvenile with Guinea Fowl kill, Satara, Kruger NP, 2016. Note that the cream juvenile colouring is nearly the same as for the Imperial Eagle
Tawny Eagle with boomslang freshly snatched off ahapless Brown Snake Eagle, Satara, Kruger NP, RSA 2013
Tawny Eagle with rat - Skukuza, Kruger NP 2016
Wahlberg's Eagle (Aquila wahlbergi), blonde-headed morph, Punda Maria, Kruger NP, RSA 2016
Wahlberg's Eagle (buff morph), Satara, Kruger NP, RSA 2013
Wahlberg's Eagle in flight. Note the diagnostic square tail
Wahlberg's Eagle. Note the relative small size, long gentle, sloping bill and very slight crest distinguishing from the Tawny Eagle which is larger and has a more jutting bill shape
Wahlberg's Eagle (pale morph) at nest, Satara, Kruger NP, RSA 2016
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) Mitta Mitta, VIC 2011
Wedge-tailed Eagle juvenile, Matilda Way NSW 2019
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Springvale 2011
Wedge-tailed Eagle just after catching rabbit (which I watched!) Bairnsdale 2012
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Springvale 2011
Wedge-tailed Eagle fledged chick with female adult, Lake Mokoan, VIC 2009
Wedge-tailed Eagle chick at nest, Lake Mokoan, VIC 2010. Note that the chick here is about two weeks old and the size of a chicken. Compare the nest size!
Black (Verreaux's) Eagle nest from a distance, Matopos, near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2012
Lesser Spotted Eagle - a summer migrant to Southern Africa, Punda Maria, Kruger NP, 2016
Little Eagle (dark morph female), Lara VIC 2011
Introduction
Falcons
True Eagles
Buzzards (Buteo)
My Adventures
Accipiters and other Goshawks