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Crested Serpent Eagle

10,000 Birds

But this post will feature a Crested Serpent Eagle which presented itself irresistibly on a perch beside the road. As you might surmise from the name, it is a snake-eating eagle with a crest. It is an easy bird to identify in flight with its broad white bands along the underside of the wings and tail.

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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

10,000 Birds

The original organization of chapters on Buteos, Accipiters, Falcons, Kites, Northern Harrier, Eagles and Vultures, and Osprey has been kept, with additional chapters on Crested Caracara, Southwestern Buteos and Kin, Florida Specialties, Regional Specialties. Yes, I saw the bird and it was incredible.)