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Rausu, temple of fishing sea eagles

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:21:00 +0000

White-tailed sea eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:21:00 +0000

More common than the Steller’s sea eagle, the white-tailed sea eagle is a very powerful bird of prey.

White-tailed sea eagle, Pygargue à queue blanche (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Eagles conflicts

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:16:00 +0000

Eagles fighting

Steller’s sea eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:01:00 +0000

This sea eagle is one of the largest bird of prey. Magestic in flight, armed with powerful talons and a mighty yellow beak, it may remind of the American bald eagle (or the African fish eagle), but it is a quite different species.

You may want to see it actually fishing at sea.

Steller’s sea eagle, Pygargue de Steller (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Eagles in Yellowstone (Winter)

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:50:34 +0000

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, pygargue à tête blanche) and Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos, aigle royal)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, March 2018.

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:05:05 +0000

Changeable Hawk-Eagle, in flight – Tanzania

Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus, Aigle huppé).
Tanzania, Ngorongoro Conservancy Area, March 2013.

Tawny Eagle, in flight

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:07:14 +0000

Tawny eagle

Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax, aigle ravisseur)
Tanzania, Ngorongoro crater & Conservancy Area, March 2013.

Fish eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:01:14 +0000

Bateleur eagle, in flight

Yves Roumazeilles — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:34:30 +0000

The bateleur eagle is very easy to spot in flight, even for the amateur ornithologist.

First, it does not have a tail (Look! The legs are actually longer than the tail). Since this appendage is usually needed for steering, the bateleur compensates with very flexible wing tips. This combination is nearly unique within raptors.

Second, the adult is highly recognizable because of its wing colors and red face.

But while shooting one eagle in flight is a bit difficult (I have plenty of bad/failed pictures and I have tried even more without even getting a picture), there is one situation that you should not miss: Two eagles.

At first, I thought that the adult was teaching the juvenile and they were flying together in a tight formation. But, then, I did not think and start to shoot a continuous sequence when the juvenile tried to play with the adult.

Mental note to inner photographer: Always keep the camera with you; Always be ready to shoot the unexpected.

Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus), Bateleur des savanes.
Moremi National Park, Botswana.
May 2010.

Eagle, take off

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:30:11 +0000

Bateleur Eagles, in flight

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:45:00 +0000

Bateleur Eagle - Botswana - Copyright (C) Y.Roumazeilles
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Bateleur Eagle - Botswana - Copyright (C) Y.Roumazeilles

Botswana, May 2010.

Bateleur Eagles from Botswana

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:57:06 +0000

The bateleurs are very beautiful eagles that are quite common in Botswana. As you can see on the photos, they are quite recognizable from the red color of their head and their feet in striking opposition to the black feathers (at least for the adults).

Not easily frightened, they are relatively easy to approach and the matter is only to choose the best time of the day to get a nice light on them.

Bateleur

Bateleur or Batelier Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus), Aigle bateleur, Bateleur des savanes.
Moremi National Park, Botswana. May 2010.

Eagles from Botswana

Yves Roumazeilles — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:49:51 +0000

Aigle de Wahlberg, Wahlberg's eagle

A very common African eagle: Wahlberg’s eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi), Aigle de Wahlberg
Moremi National Park, Botswana. May 2010.

Bald eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:04:21 +0000

Pygargue à tête blanche - Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles

The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America that is most recognizable as the national bird and symbol of the United States of America.

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Fly like an eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:37:10 +0000

…but I couldn’t fly.

Jose Luis Ortiz has changed it all. He installed a small video camera on one of his royal eagles.

Link to YouTube

And now, you and me can fly, really fly. Breath-taking! Boarding a plane became so down-to-Earth. I now want to have wings, I want to fly like an eagle…