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  • Golden eagle on dragged prey<br />
(Aquila chrysaetos)<br />
Kazakh annual eagle festival<br />
Western Mongolia
    941162-Golden_eagle_on_dragged_prey.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    WP559 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    WP561 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    WP560 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    WP555 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    WP553 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    WP538 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    WP480 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) with insect prey near Amarbayasgalant, Mongolia
    Minden_00477560.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ113 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ2268 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island looking east to west. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1713 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1154 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1153 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1141 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1151 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1136 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1135 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1130 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1134 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1111 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ729 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracaras or Johnny Rooks (Phalcoboenus australis) in Courtship<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ653 Striated Caracaras.jpg
  • Striated Caracaras or Johnny Rooks (Phalcoboenus australis) in Courtship<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ651 Striated Caracaras.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ118 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ2268 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1151 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1140 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ157 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ2269 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island looking east to west. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1710 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island looking east to west. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1701 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1631 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1149 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1140 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1132 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracaras or Johnny Rooks (Phalcoboenus australis) in Courtship<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ676 Striated Caracaras.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ157 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Steeple Jason Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SJ1130 Striated Caracara.jpg
  • Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis)<br />
Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
Usually quite tame and very curious towards man. Rarely take prey on the wing using instead its ability to run and grasp penguin chicks and eggs and small petrels with its powerful feet and claws. Also feed on insects, molluscs and carrion. Can survive during critical winter periods on excreta of Gentoo penguins and fur seals.  They nest on cliff edges, under large rock slabs or on the top of a tussock grass clump, often close to the seabird colonies on which they prey.<br />
RANGE: Falkland Islands where it is largely restricted to offshore tussock islands like Jason Island group, Beauchene and Sea Lion Island, Islets of Cape Horn and some islands off the south west coast of Chile as far north as Isla Tarlton.<br />
NEAR THREATENED due to small population and restricted range.<br />
Less than 1000 birds exist.
    SL1514_Southern_Elephant_Seal.jpg
  • Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) with insect prey near Amarbayasgalant<br />
Mongolia
    LM12_Isabelline_Wheatear.jpg
  • Golden Eagle Shrouding Rabbit prey.<br />
Aquila chrysaetos<br />
Western Mongolia
    02 Golden Eagle shrouding Eagle.jpg
  • Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria spp.) with prey<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Ground dwellers of the tropical forest of Central and South America
    TIP9676 Brazilian wandering spider.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV714 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV711 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV328 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV317 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV314 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV311 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Black Kite (Milvus migrans)  A diurnal bird of prey that feeds of small mammals, bird and fish.<br />
RANGE: Temperate & tropical Eurasia & Australia.<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-05-12-1-Black Kite.jpg
  • Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)<br />
Rewa<br />
Guyana<br />
South America<br />
With dragonfly prey
    20190425_Great_Kiskadee_31.tif
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV322 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV306 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)<br />
Volunteer Point, Johnson's Harbour, East Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Widely distributed in South America from high Andes in Colombia to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands.<br />
They reuse nest sites year after year.<br />
Take a variety of prey from rats, rabbits, small birds and occasionally larger birds.
    VVVVV303 Red-backed Hawk.jpg
  • D1X_4885_Savanna_Hawk.TIF
  • Lionesses (Panthera leo) watching buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd from a distance. <br />
Duba Plains area. Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
THIS BUFFALO HERD AND ITS LION INTERACTION HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILMED BY DEREK AND BEVERLEY JOUBERT.<br />
The buffalo herd is under constant stress with these lions stalking and hunting them on a regular basis. At night the buffalo sleep in a tight group with bulls on the outside and calves in the middle.  The lions face a row a horns and can not attack them. But in the morning when they get up and start moving to feed the lions start following them and look for an opportunity to attack either an old or injured adult or calf.
    GG69_Lioness.tif
  • African Lion (Panthera leo) group killing Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) while fending off rest of herd, Africa
    Minden_00217941.jpg
  • Crested Eagles on Nest (Female feeding Young)<br />
Morphnus guianensis<br />
Puerto Maldonado, Amazon Rain Forest.  PERU<br />
South America<br />
Range: Guatemala to Argentina and Brazil
    106606 Crested Eagle Feeding Chick.tif
  • Crested Eagles on Nest (Female and Young)<br />
Morphnus guianensis<br />
Puerto Maldonado, Amazon Rain Forest.  PERU<br />
South America<br />
Range: Guatemala to Argentina and Brazil
    106632 Crested Eagles on nest.tif
  • Harpy Eagle<br />
Harpia harpyja<br />
Amazon Rain forest, BRAZIL.  South America<br />
Range: Central America to e Brazil
    109445 Harpy Eagle.tif
  • Wahlberg's eagle (Aquila wahlbergi)<br />
Marataba, A section of the Marakele National Park<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
    20131215_Wahlberg's_eagle_21.tif
  • Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) feeding on Galápagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris)<br />
Tower Island<br />
GALAPAGOS,  Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC SUBSPECIES
    20161211_Short-eared_owl_&_Galapagos...tif
  • Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) feeding on Galápagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris)<br />
Tower Island<br />
GALAPAGOS,  Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC SUBSPECIES
    20161211_Short-eared_owl_&_Galapagos...tif
  • Madagascar harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus) hunting for beetles in this cut tree stump<br />
Lake Ravelobe across from the Ampijeroa Forest Station. Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
Length 68cm. This is the second biggest raptor in Madagascar after the fish eagle. This raptor eats insects, crickets, cockroaches, larvae, young birds, eggs, reptiles and sometimes some of the small nocturnal lemurs.<br />
DISTIBUTION: All woodland areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA3264_Madagascar_harrier-hawk.jpg
  • Madagascar harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus) hunting for beetles in this cut tree stump<br />
Lake Ravelobe across from the Ampijeroa Forest Station. Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
Length 68cm. This is the second biggest raptor in Madagascar after the fish eagle. This raptor eats insects, crickets, cockroaches, larvae, young birds, eggs, reptiles and sometimes some of the small nocturnal lemurs.<br />
DISTIBUTION: All woodland areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA3256_Madagascar_harrier-hawk.jpg
  • Rufescent screech owl (Megascops ingens)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
    20160825_Rufescent_screech_owl_14.jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) feeding on Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_feedi...jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) feeding on Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_feedi...jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) feeding on Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_feedi...jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) feeding on Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_feedi...jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) feeding on Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_feedi...jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_380.jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) feeding on Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_feedi...jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_376.jpg
  • Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus)<br />
5,753 meters high or 18,874 ft<br />
Avenue of the Volcanoes<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
Condor Bioreserve as part of the Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Last erupted between 1801 and 1802
    20160717_Carunculated_caracara_377.jpg
  • Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) juvenile & child<br />
Biak Island<br />
West Papua<br />
Indonesia
    20150806_Brahminy_kite_&_child_9.jpg
  • Lions (Panthera leo) hunting buffalo (Syncerus caffer) <br />
Duba Plains area. Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
THIS BUFFALO HERD AND ITS LION INTERACTION HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILMED BY DEREK AND BEVERLEY JOUBERT.<br />
This herd is under constant stress with these lions stalking and hunting them on a regular basis. At night the buffalo sleep in a tight group with bulls on the outside and calves in the middle.  The lions face a row a horns and can not attack them. But in the morning when they get up and start moving to feed the lions start following them and look for an opportunity to attack either an old or injured adult or calf.
    GG34_Lions_hunting_buffalo.jpg
  • Lioness (Panthera leo) hunting buffalo (Syncerus caffer) <br />
Duba Plains area. Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
THIS BUFFALO HERD AND ITS LION INTERACTION HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILMED BY DEREK AND BEVERLEY JOUBERT.<br />
This herd is under constant stress with these lions stalking and hunting them on a regular basis. At night the buffalo sleep in a tight group with bulls on the outside and calves in the middle.  The lions face a row a horns and can not attack them. But in the morning when they get up and start moving to feed the lions start following them and look for an opportunity to attack either an old or injured adult or calf.
    GG11_Lioness_hunting_buffalo.jpg
  • Lion pride (Panthera leo) following the buffalo herd (Syncerus caffer) - which number around 1200 animals.<br />
Duba Plains area. Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
THIS BUFFALO HERD AND ITS LION INTERACTION HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY FILMED BY DEREK AND BEVERLEY JOUBERT.<br />
When the buffalo are not feeding they tend to group tightly in wooded areas with the young in the center to protect themselves againt these lions. They are under constant stress with these lions stalking and hunting them on a regular basis.
    FF27_Lions_following_buffalo_herd.jpg
  • Yellowbilled kite (Milvus migrants) Okavango Delta, BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
These medium sized kites are highly gregarious. They feed an almost any animal material, insects, small vertebrates, molluscs, crustaceans and carrion.<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Woodland, human habitations, semi-arid savanna. Africa, Madagascar, Eurasia and Australia.
    CC82_Yellowbilled_kite.jpg
  • Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151205_Savanna_Hawk_41.jpg
  • Rufous Crab Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis)<br />
Mahaica River<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151129_Rufous_Crab_Hawk_40.jpg
  • Rufous Crab Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis)<br />
Mahaica River<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151129_Rufous_Crab_Hawk_36.jpg
  • Golden eagle on rabbit<br />
(Aquila chrysaetos)<br />
used by Kazakhs for hunting<br />
Western Mongolia
    94098_Golden_eagle_on_rabbit.jpg
  • Ornate Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Adult<br />
Surama<br />
Rainforest<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula, to Trinidad and Tobago, south to Peru and Argentina.
    1SU89 Ornate Hawk-eagle.jpg
  • Ornate Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Adult<br />
Surama<br />
Rainforest<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula, to Trinidad and Tobago, south to Peru and Argentina.
    1SU76 Ornate Hawk-eagle.jpg
  • Ornate Hawk-eagles (Spizaetus ornatus) Adult & Juvenile in nest<br />
Surama<br />
Rainforest<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula, to Trinidad and Tobago, south to Peru and Argentina.
    1SU96 Ornate Hawk-eagles.jpg
  • Ornate Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Adult<br />
Surama<br />
Rainforest<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula, to Trinidad and Tobago, south to Peru and Argentina.
    1SU104 Ornate Hawk-eagle.jpg
  • Savannah Hawk (Heterospizias meridionalis)<br />
Savannah, Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: South America
    1SA1709 Savannah Hawk.jpg
  • Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus) <br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Central and South America and South West USA and Florida
    1SA443 Crested Caracara.jpg
  • Harpy Eagle  (Harpia harpyja) <br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Central & South America
    1SA1315 Harpy Eagle.jpg
  • Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Central and South America<br />
IUCN: NEAR THREATENED
    1RW963 Harpy Eagle.jpg
  • Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Central and South America<br />
IUCN: NEAR THREATENED
    1RW964 Harpy Eagle.jpg
  • King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Central & South America
    1RW1058 King Vulture.jpg
  • Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Mexico through Central America to Peru, Trinidad and northern Argentina.
    1RW867 Great Black Hawk.jpg
  • King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Central & South America
    1RW1056 King Vulture.jpg
  • Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)<br />
Secret World Wildlife Rescue Center<br />
Somerset<br />
England<br />
UK<br />
Captive
    20150827_Tawny_Owl_135.jpg
  • Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)<br />
Secret World Wildlife Rescue Center<br />
Somerset<br />
England<br />
UK<br />
Captive
    20150827_Tawny_Owl_125.jpg
  • Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)<br />
Secret World Wildlife Rescue Center<br />
Somerset<br />
England<br />
UK<br />
Captive
    20150827_Tawny_Owl_124.jpg
  • Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)<br />
Secret World Wildlife Rescue Center<br />
Somerset<br />
England<br />
UK<br />
Captive
    20150827_Tawny_Owl_116.jpg
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