Steppe Eagle

[Marc Mol]

07.15am. Northern Serengeti, Tanzania, Oct 2010

D3s 500VR 1/2500s ISO800@f/5.6 cropped to portrait.

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[john jackson]

Great pose Marc. I think you have a Steppe Buzzard rather than a Steppe Eagle.

[Marc Mol]

Great pose Marc. I think you have a Steppe Buzzard rather than a Steppe Eagle.

Thanks John

I can only go by what my guide & tracker told me, they both had quite a debate as to whether it was an Eagle or Buzzard species. My guide was quite adamant it was an eagle.
I have just done a comparison with my Birds of East Africa-Stevenson&Fanshawe guide and it's not easy to distinguish.
Happy to be corrected :)

[Ken Watkins]

Marc,

Let's face it identifying Raptors is not the easiest thing in the world unless you have lots of experience.

Judging from my books it looks like a Steppe Buzzard, whatever it is it is very nice:)

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice light and take-off pose!! Looks like there is a halo around the bird that should be easy to take care of.

[Marc Mol]

Thanks Ken & Aidan


Looks like there is a halo around the bird that should be easy to take care of.

If you look carefully you'll see that it is a very light wispy band of cloud Aiden.:D

[Chris van Rooyen]

Nice posture Marc! Its definitely a Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus