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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larry Sweetland" data-source="post: 3533155" data-attributes="member: 27337"><p>Hi Steve, Raptors aren't really my thing, but I think with the Hawk-Eagle the only thing you need to worry about is if African Hawk-Eagle can look like that at a transitional age. No books here etc, but as I recall, I think your bird looks good for Ayres's. I saw one in the north of Kruger a few years ago, and recall being worried that the underparts weren't heavily streaked enough, but apart from that it looked bang on. I subsequently heard that there was one seen in the same area that day (which did indeed cause some excitement among a team of seasoned locals), and that the underpart streaking can be variable.</p></blockquote><p></p>