Eagles

A wind energy company has pleaded guilty after killing at least 150 eagles — Natural History Wanderings

Nevada Public Radio  reports A wind energy company was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Read more at  A wind energy company has pleaded […]

A wind energy company has pleaded guilty after killing at least 150 eagles — Natural History Wanderings
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Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu — Natural History Wanderings

NPR reports As the avian flu rips through the United States, birds across the country are contracting the fatal disease, including bald eagles. At least three bald eagles who contracted bird flu are dead, Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources said Thursday. The highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in more than 25 states, according to […]

Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu — Natural History Wanderings
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Bald eagle recovery hampered by use of lead ammunition — Natural History Wanderings

NPR  reports The bald eagle population has slowly recovered from the impact of a pesticide that nearly drove them to extinction decades ago. But now researchers at Cornell University have found that lead ammunition continues to hamper the resilience of these American icons. Read more at  Bald eagle recovery hampered by use of lead ammunition […]

Bald eagle recovery hampered by use of lead ammunition — Natural History Wanderings
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Satara Summer 2021 – Bateleur Lunch — de Wets Wild

Bateleurs are beautiful eagles, and always attract attention from visitors to our Kruger National Park, one of their few remaining strongholds in South Africa. Being able to watch this one gulp down a Natal Spurfowl – feathers and all – that it had killed next to the road leading to Nwanetsi from Satara is another […]

Satara Summer 2021 – Bateleur Lunch — de Wets Wild
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Long-crested Eagle — de Wets Wild

Lophaetus occipitalis The Long-created Eagle is easy to identify thanks to the couple of extended feathers on its head that is so conspicuous when it sits prominently on an exposed tree top or utility pole along the road. They’re medium-sized raptors, weighing up to 1.5kg and measuring around 55cm in length – females are heavier […]

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Summertide Diary: Crowned Eagles — de Wets Wild

We were about half-way through our visit to Cape Vidal in January 2021 when we found that a pair of Crowned Eagles were rearing a chick in a tall Casuarina tree right inside the camp and very near our cabin. The eagles were very careful not to attract attention to their nest and being known […]

Summertide Diary: Crowned Eagles — de Wets Wild
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African Hawk-Eagle — de Wets Wild

Aquila spilogaster An inhabitant of woodland and savanna habitats, the African Hawk-Eagle is a medium-sized eagle preying primarily on birds, mammals and reptiles up to 4kg in weight – no small feat for a bird that itself weighs only about 1.5kg (females are slightly bigger than males). African Hawk-Eagles are normally encountered in monogamous, territorial […]

African Hawk-Eagle — de Wets Wild
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Circaetus pectoralis The Black-chested Snake Eagle is often seen hunting for their preferred serpentine prey over flat, open habitats such as savanna, grasslands, scrublands and semi-deserts. Apart from snakes they’ll also catch other reptiles, amphibians and small mammals. These eagles are quite adept at swallowing even large snakes in flight. Usually seen singly or in […]

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