Steppe eagle

[Galliani Carlo]

Hello everyone
steppe eagle in Sinai desert

D300 1/500s f/8.0 at 400.0mm iso200
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3003/aquilasteppe22.jpg

[Scott Frye]

Sharp and the colors complement each other. I would prefer that the birds not overlap each other and it looks to my eyes that it could use a slight CCW rotation

[Galliani Carlo]

thanks everyone for comments
Hi Peter. No are juvenile aquila nipalensis
We was in Sinai in october 2008-2009 and 2010 and we have never seen Tawny eagle but many steppe eagle
if you want to see many other shots of steppe eagle and other : http://www.pbase.com/carlogalliani/extraeuropa

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Peter, there is variation amongst different races of Steppe eagles when it comes to the size of the gape I believe, some Steppes have bigger and deeper gapes than others. It is a bit confusing for sure :) Hope that helps
cheers
Grant