booted eagle

Booted Eagles, along many other birds, now making their towards the Straits of Gibraltar for the journey back to Africa

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1 of about 3 seen on the trip.

Booted eagle above the salt marshes of the Puerto de Santa Maria, Andalucia, Spain

Soaring above the old lagoon at La Janda.

During a wildlife trip in East Spain www.birdwatchingspain.net

While watching the migration on April 6th at bird watching tower , north of Istanbul suddenly appeared almost at the same level where we were. I had an opprtunity to take some photos.

Booted Eagle

One more illustration I did back in 2011 for the German breeding bird atlas

Misty morning, great distance ...

Booted Eagle

The first one of the year for me, trying to catch sandpipers (Common and Green) above the Ro Grande this morning. Nice to catch it's upper side in detail, showing the key id features of the wonderful eagle (light phase)

Booted Eagles are regular wintering birds in the coastal wetlands of East Spain. This one is using the solar panel of the irrigation system as a perch. In Pego Marshes http://birdwatchingspain.net/pego-marshes-birding-tour/

Yesterday we enjoyed a good raptor morning, and even though we didn't have the best light, there was some photography frenzy when booted and short-toed eagles were passing nearby. Czech was shooting in burst mode while Giles watched the raptor show in Tarifa.

Swooping on some Calandra Larks cose to Barbate during the Autumn migration...

Booted Eagle showing the upperparts, from Cabo de Sao Vicente raptor migration day.

One of the many pale phase Booted Eagles seen at Cabo de Sao Vicente on the day I was lucky enough to be there.

This Booted Eagle was spotted soaring directly above the road only perhaps 100m outside the village of Dadia The striking black and white contrast between wing coverts and primaries / secondaries in flight make this eagle a very handsome flyer.

Dark forms of our smallest European eagle, the Booted Eagle are not seen so often as the 'classic' paler form. This can cause ID problems for some and like all raptors diving or chasing prey, their wing shape alters dramatically! With Booted Eagles their 'headlights' or 'landing lights', two...