Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus).
I recently.. in fact not long ago.. posted on this Eagle.. (Click to see the post and the details of the bird) but my recent visit to the Kalahari gives me the opportunity to add some photos…
The one bird was at a water hole, obviously to slate its thirst, the other was of one we saw with it’s kill in a tree, this is a lucky capture and one I will never forget… here are the photos…
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 
What a majestic bird this is. Fabulous pics again. 🙂
Thanks so much..
WOW X 1000! Great shots friend. 🙂
I’ve never seen an eagle with such unusual coloring! The spotted breast feathers are just stunning! I think I’m a fan! 🙂
It is such a beauty in flight and it’s those very spots that help one identify the bird in flight… (if he’s low enough that is)
Oh! Isn’t he stunning! Absolutely beautiful!
Thanks a big beauty..
yes – indeed!
What an awesome bird! I’ve never seen that one before.
It is a beaut .. one of my favourites…
These are brilliant pictures! I was going to ask about the ‘beer bottle’ as well and am glad that’s all been sorted out now! 😉
Thank you… glad my Martial doesn’t drink beer….
How poor the other one… But this is the nature world… One is being king and the other one being food of him… This is tragic of course… But you can’t believe, this king made me smile with his dots… 🙂 Like wearing pyjamas! Sorry King!
Thank you dear Rob, they were amazing photographs… Love, nia
Thanks Nia… yes out of necessity they must eat but one must remember it is normally the weak and sick that are caught…
Absolutely beautiful shots!!! Love them all!!
Thanks Cee
What a majestic creature! In Seattle, on the 520 bridge, there’s a eagles’ nest. Normally, you can see the couple looking down at the cars, perched up high on poles. Las time I drove through the bridge, the male and the female were sitting together so close they looked lost in a romantic moment 🙂
Oh how wonderful to witness such a natural thing… when younger and I could climb trees I often watched a set of Bateleur eagles court, lay their eggs and then raise them… they got so used to me popping into the tree that in the end they tended to ignore me… but it was a privilege that I was allowed .. wonderful experience…
What a wonderful youth you must have had!
sometimes I forget just how lucky I’ve been to have grown up in the areas I did..so close to nature..
What an amazing bird she is! 🙂
It is amazing… the KING, the BOSS… makes my heart do hiccups when I get to see one like that…
This bird he knows he is the king …. very much so. Love his spotted chest. Fantastic shots of a very stunning bird.
Thank you… I feel his very demeanor and look shows “he’s the Boss” I just love this bird for his shear power …
You got it … he has shear power. Stunning bird – and I wouldn’t argue with him.
What a beauty!
Thank you..
My goodness – what captures! What a magnificent bird – such a powerful predator (with such a soft and beautiful camouflage tummy).
It is just that a magnificent bird.. the top of the food chain when it comes to eagles… thank you..
I see Diana’s beer bottle…but it looks more like trans oil to me. 😉 What an amazing bird….and his catch! Lovely
Thank you… again I have searched the photo… are you talking about the pipes below the slab.?? These are the water pipes from the borehole supplying the water…
The first pic….Hubby just checked it out….he said it was pipes. (He is also in awe of this creature, btw!)
Great shots!!!
thanks..
Amazing shots – such a majestic and beautiful bird.
Thanks Julie…
I love eagles…is that a beer bottle in the first shot? 🙂
Now you’ve had me searching every where for a beer bottle in my photo… if there had of been one I would have most definitely picked it up… even though you are not allowed out the vehicle… but no I see no beer bottle…
what is that thing in the first photo then?
It is the pipes from the bore hole bringing the water from underground up to the water hole….
I guess I was craving a beer! hahaha
now that makes sense…
Are you not referring to the borehole supply pipes coming from under the cement slab..??
that must be it!
Had me worried… this particular Park is by far the cleanest I have seen as only purest go there because of it’s unfriendly roads and heat… all our parks are clean and clear of rubbish.. but this one is particularly clean… the only thing I detested was at the tented camp, those that flick their cigarette butts off the stoeps (veranda/ porch, not sure what you call it) but I did a clean up before we left our tent… and I smoke but use an ashtray or can for my butts…
You’re a good environmentalist!
I would like to think I am… the privilege of being able to see what I do, in their natural habitat, is not something I would like to lose because some poor animal chews on a piece of plastic .. as for cigarette butts.. people should learn to keep them to themselves…
Regal looking raptor I really like the details you captured including the talons!
Thank you.. was very happy with the capture… don’t always get them so out in the open…
Just the most amazing looking bird…
A powerhouse of a bird…
the fourth picture was brilliant
thanks..
I’m trying to figure out what that is/was in its claws. Looks like a very small deer. Something with little hooves anyway.Do you know what it was? Big bird!!
I wish I did.. we have had a few people offer opinions… I guess at a baby springbok… something they are well known to take… or a baby steenbok… They have been known to take on some antelope that it’s hard to believe it would…
such a beautiful bird!
Thanks I think so too..
A noble proud bird.
Thanks Alex… power house of the predators…