A lot of people seem to forget that, though Deinonychus and even New Zealand’s Moa and Maori- eating Haast’s eagle are gone, we still have some dangerous modern dinosaurs. This thought was prompted by an e-mail discussion among well- informed friends last week. My money for real danger is on Stephanoaetus coronatus, which always seems …
Tag: eagles
It’s a MARMOT
There has been quite a bit of discussion in my crowd as to what the Bald Eagle in this photo is carrying, with guesses ranging from a cat to a prairie dog (the last group obviously hasn’t seen an eagle up close!) Keith Brady, who knows the photographer, solved the problem: it is a yellow- …
Image query
David W in Texas, an old falconer like me, sent this unsourced image. In it, a slightly stylized eagle appears to be attacking a human, while the nose of a tazi just enters lower left. Anybody out there who can translate the title or tell us anything about it? (Style but not subject of art …
Hereditary cool?
My late friend Aralbai of Bayan Olgii was sometimes known as “The Coolest Man in the World”, on the strength of this sort of… call it an Internet poster made (not by us) of him: Here he is in younger days, with his son in 1997 on our first expedition. He was a dedicated hunter, …
Random images from Africa
I’m sorting images from our South Africa trip this summer, and came across a few to share. This is a crested eagle – a species we saw frequently. I’m not positive, but I think this next one is a snake eagle. I snapped this next image in a village shop in Lesotho, and of course …
Dispatch From Mongolia (Lauren McGough)
These flights! They are amazing and addictive. I liken these eagles to Houbara spotter falcons, who somehow see that rust colored spot scooting along in the distance – and immediately become pure predatory power. Many times I never see the fox, I just trust that that is what the eagle sees. Once she’s powered out …
The continuing adventures of Lauren…
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Eagle & Child
My reaction in email was: Consensus is that it is fake– have been dealing with tons of mail on it. I heard of one eagle in Mongolia 20 years ago that attacked a kid but it is rare if it happens. Africa’s Crowned eagle is another story. A primate and antelope predator of the forest, …
A small reward
I have an irrational love for small biomorphic objects– toys, sculptures, pins, animal images from other cultures. My family knows this. Last weekend, in celebration of the imminent publication of An Eternity of Eagles, the Peculiars picked up this tiny Harpy eagle, carved from a native nut by some South Americans, at the International folk …
Links, Pix, & Assorted Phenomena…
Lauren’s Aquiling is up and running again and, at least until her book on her year among the Kazakhs is out, the best place for exotic falconry and adventure tales… There is some pretty funny and often grotesque animal photography up at Nature Wants to Eat You. HT Annie Davidson, who also sent this video …