ESTEBANNIC
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For me it has to be the Eleonora's falcon. I had never seen a bird do a complete aerial loop the loop before. These guys nest around the Med islands and spend the winter around Madagascar and Tanzania.
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Your Favourite Bird of prey. (1 Viewer)
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ESTEBANNIC
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the peregrine also comes close. Watched a female once hunt and catch a full grown herring gull..............
myself
being nuts on raptors
difficult to determine
what a question "which raptor is your favourite?"...they're all great
nevertheless my #1 is the bald eagle, majestic fish-hunter beautiful to look at...
it's difficult to determine which one is 2nd place, 3rd,...they're commonly so awesome, I'm always "enchanted" when I have the opportunity to watch them
PS: please don't mind me miscalling eagles as male but in german animals are not just neuter, thus it sounds extremely stupid to me to call them "it"
what a question "which raptor is your favourite?"...they're all great
nevertheless my #1 is the bald eagle, majestic fish-hunter beautiful to look at...
it's difficult to determine which one is 2nd place, 3rd,...they're commonly so awesome, I'm always "enchanted" when I have the opportunity to watch them
PS: please don't mind me miscalling eagles as male but in german animals are not just neuter, thus it sounds extremely stupid to me to call them "it"
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Sandra (Taylor)
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Finders
....... and Isabelle who found a shrike & a wheatear; Mr. Cretzchmar who found a bunting; Mr. Terek who found a sandpiper; Mr. Temminck who found a stint ..............................
Sandra
....... and Isabelle who found a shrike & a wheatear; Mr. Cretzchmar who found a bunting; Mr. Terek who found a sandpiper; Mr. Temminck who found a stint ..............................
Sandra
Runcorn Birder
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Surprised there has been no votes for Lammergeier. It looks awesome from photo's, the books and on an old Survival programme I once watched.
I'd love to see one !
I'd love to see one !
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Not sure really ether a Sparrowhawk or Ospray
Edward woodwood
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seen both White Hawk and Swallow-tailed Kite. Both wonderful
Andean Condor is a mightily impressive bird
Wedge-tailed Eagle in Oz
Javan Hawk Eagle is a special bird for me
I haven't seen possibly the best though - Harpy Eagle. One day.
Tim
Andean Condor is a mightily impressive bird
Wedge-tailed Eagle in Oz
Javan Hawk Eagle is a special bird for me
I haven't seen possibly the best though - Harpy Eagle. One day.
Tim
Runcorn Birder
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Tim,
I'm surprised you haven't caught up with a Harpy Eagle on your Amazonian travels. Are they difficult to see ? Or just very scarce ?
I'm surprised you haven't caught up with a Harpy Eagle on your Amazonian travels. Are they difficult to see ? Or just very scarce ?
Edward woodwood
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Runcorn Birder said:
large rnges
you need to sit in the canopy for several days in a place that supports them and you'll get one eventually
or just flush one up from near your feet in the forest as an unbelievably lucky friend of mine did...
Tim
tomjenner
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Runcorn Birder said:
Harpy Eagles live deep in forests. The main problem is that they don't soar above the canopy like other raptors, so you can be quite close to one and not see it. Apparently, they are unafriad of people and can be approached quite closely, so I hope to get some great photos when I finally catch up with one. The only way to guarantee seeing one is to visit a known nest site. For the last few years there has been a nest that you can visit in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. There was also a site in Panama a few years back.
The nearest I have managed to get so far was at a captive breeding centre in Minas Gerais in Brazil, where they had 25 birds. They were absolutely amazing (see attached photo).
Tom
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European Eagle Owl without a doubt for me followed by Barn Owl, I was also privileged to watch a pair of Osprey at quite close quarters whilst on holiday in Yellowstone National Park last year, our photos came out dreadful however, but it is a memory my wife and I will never forget.
Midge
Midge
Cedric K
Hey hey!!
Harpy Eagle, no doubt. I've only seen them in captivity though, a pair in the Summit Gardens breeding cage in Panama. They have a small visitor center there to inform visitors about the bird and the Panamian breeding program (run by the Peregrine Fund). The movie they show there is incredible. At one part it shows a Harpy Eagle grabbing a full-grown howler monkey out of a tree, and as it flies away it crushes the skull of the monkey with one of its tallons. You could actually hear the "pop" sound as the skull collapsed!! Some Harpy Eagles born in captivity have been released somewhere along the second half of Pipeline Road, but I've heard that at least one of them was already shot by hunters... To avoid the released birds getting too used to seeing people, the second half of Pipeline is sometimes closed to birdwatchers. I've never made it that far on Pipeline though.
