10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. This is a juvenile Grey-headed Fish Eagle , unless it is another fish eagle like the Lesser (the lack of any grey head makes me doubt the identification a bit, but it seems juveniles cannot afford a grey head yet). Well, it seems such people exist.

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 230

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2016

I have been caring for raptors for almost 29 years and not even a Bald Eagle can carry off 12 pounds,” wrote Eileen Wicker, the Executive Director of Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky. “I’m going to string wire all across my backyard!”. Wildlife lovers and rehabilitators, as always, tried to intervene. “I

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Pets Barn Owls Kentucky Bald Eagle 240

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. While serpent means large snake, the Crested Serpent-eagle also eats frogs, as this video shows.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 242

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2017

Another constant problem to be aware of when you are travelling these highways with constant distractions like Wedge-tailed Eagles standing on carcasses are the stray cattle. We saw three snakes in two days and one was a very large Black-headed Python moving across the highway as we were unable to slow down sufficiently to photograph it.

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Australia Kangaroos Cattle Reptiles 100