martial eagle

The Martial Eagle was arguing with a Tawny Eagle over who should get feasting rights to a dik-dik (very small deer) that was lying dead next to the road. No real contest, but it meant that the Martial Eagle posed for us just 2 m from the road. Fantastic view, and I am so glad I got the shot.

Since I took so many you can have 2. !!

A bird I always hoped to get a close-up of but didn't really expect to. We spotted this one in the distance and stopped to take a few shots. It didn't fly off so we drove closer ,shot some more, closer and closer until we were virtually beside it, maybe 70 metres or less. After taking our fill...

this magnificent eagle had just stolen a scrawny chicken from the Masai village; more of a snack than proper lunch. Not called 'bellicosus' for nothing....

This Martial Eagle was happy to pose for the photo, still one of my favourite birds.

Martial Eagle perched in a dead tree.

Martial Eagle being harassed by a juvenile Bateleur.

Martial Eagle in Flight

Martial Eagle stare down.

Martial Eagle in flight.

Not long after dawn and very good-natured or too cold to bother.

with a duck for lunch

Awesome Eagle. Very lucky to be able to take this image.

Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) is Africa's largest eagle. In Mala Mala Reserve, South Africa

Martial Eagles are impressive birds up close! On occasion they punch well above their weight by taking substantial mammal prey.

An adult female Martial Eagle gives me the evil eye. These massive eagles are powerful enough to take small antelope and subadult baboons.

another eagle who posed fantastically for us on a safari drive around lake nakuru

Photographed in Tsavo-West NP, Kenya

Martial Eagle in action

during a safari in tanzania we met an martial eagle