Eagle Verreaux’s (Aquila verreauxii) in Flight – Cape West South Africa

Full Size

An arial view of the Verreaux’s Eagle showing its diagnostic white patch on the rump and tail.

Verreaux’s Eagle  on the summit cliff of Noordhoek Peak near Cape Town on a protective north-facing cliff from the wind and most predators. The resident female was on her own for five years until a mate pitched up winter of 2018. Egg hatched late June, a snow white pullis emerging hungry for rock hyrax flesh. Reported by Tim Butcher using a 70-200 mm USM Canon lens on a 5D MkII with a 1.6 teleconverter.