The Voice of Africa by danob
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Description
The African Fish Eagle(Haliaeetus vocifer) Which is so named to distinguish it from the African Sea Eagle, but the romantic in me likes to think it is due to its call, which once heard is never forgotten. And as a result is called the Voice of Africa.
This Eagle feeds mainly on fish, which is no surprise, upon spying it from a perch in a tree, it will swoop down upon and snatch from the water with those large clawed talons and fly back to its perch to eat. Should the African Fish Eagles catch a fish over 1.8 kg (4 pounds) it will be too heavy to allow it to get lift, so it will instead drag the fish across the surface of the water until it reaches the shore. If it catches a fish that is too heavy to even allow the eagle to sustain flight, it will drop into the water and paddle to the nearest shore with its wings. It will also feed on waterfowl, small turtles, baby crocodiles, and carrion, so no doubr popular for this as well.
Comments (58)
adrie
Awesome and fantastic photoshot....excellent capture my friend.
Flannelman
A most interesting bio and a fine capture. When your hungry size dosen't matter. ;-)
Jaml
Wonderful shot and excellent presentation!!!!
drag
Beautiful shot, love the way his tail feathers fan out. His a real beauty and a great capture of him in flight.
jeroni
Wonderful and very creative work
carlx
Marvellous flying eagle, my friend!!! Fantastic capture!!!
CavalierLady
Outstanding flight capture, Danny! What large and powerful feet he has!
evensteven
Wow!!! Nice catch dude!
Octaganoid
Very good capture ! Even though his talons are tucked up behind him they still look pretty big & formidable.
virginiese
incredible shot and thanks for the informations !
3x3
awesome capture my friend! 5+
flora-crassella
great photo!
lizzibell
great capture...
GiMi53
You are really the best for these in_flight shots, Danny ! And your presentation is so beautiful ! Excellent upload !
iaacf
Once again a great capture Danny !!
Digitaleagle
Excellent capture as always, awesome!!!!
kimariehere
WOW such an outstanding in flight eagle capture !!! at full focused glide - really impressive as always !!!! a remarkable capture Danny!!!
lyron
Excellent capture!!!
marybelgium
splendid !
RocksLady
Woooooooooow einfach tolles Bild 5++++++
Ac-Dc
superbly done.
Meowgli
informative, and a fantastic streamlined pose, great shot!
magnus073
Beautiful capture of him in flight here Danny. You provide most of us with amazing images we would never get to see otherwise
decie
Beautiful capture!!thanks for the information and all your work is top notch.
romanceworks
Yes, the Voice of Africa seems perfect and what a stunning shot. CC
bpclarke
What a magnificent capture. Perfect name and seeming fast action. Bunny
vlaaitje
nice title and in flight shot.....it looks a bit dark on my screen....and maybe you could lighting the eye a bit up....hope you don't mind
lucindawind
fantastic captue!!
jocko500
cool shot of this big bird
Nameless_Wildness
Good use of Spot metering and Shutter priority...only nitpick is would liked to seen more room on lhs for the bird to fly into.