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)
MOODYBLUE92954
WONDERFUL STUNNING SHOT
MedTran39
Fantastic!
BorisB
Really an impressive pose, great shot!!
monjo71
Great shot Dan.... Very well done my friend.
Fred255
Most excellent!
NightGallery
You are one of the best and one of my faves here. Your work is a notch above imo. Thanks for all your inspiration.
glix70
I'd like to be small enough to ride this beautiful eagle and fly all over the blue sky!!!! Excellent shot!!! :) V
schonee
wow hun super shot! graet right up as well!
Kyms_Cave
Superb Capture...and the info was very interesting..
babuci
Excelent gracefull flight. Wonderful capture and always usefull to read your info.
MrsRatbag
Stunning capture!
timtripp
very muscular image. SUPERB!
MirageBay
Beautiful bird and capture, and thank you for the much-needed education on this creature!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend.I myself wish i could capture Fish Eagle with my camera,but no such luck sofar.
durleybeachbum
Outstanding shot, Danny! Nobody does it better, as the song goes! And what a persistent bird, paddling to the shore if necessary!
RodolfoCiminelli
Splendid photo in flying, great sense of movement.....!!!!
1010
Simply breathtaking Danny, all I can say is WOW!!!!
Cosme..D..Churruca
wow... superb!
erlandpil
Just great Wonderfult capture erland
busi2ness
Magnificent capture, that's all I can say and I have seen thousands of these in my life!
kansas
A really spectacular photo. Very interesting info about this eagle. Thanks.
taurus
Absolutely outstanding image, wonderful capture.
npauling
This must be a very strong bird and you have captured its courage in this lovely capture.
junge1
Superb shot and interesting information Danny, as always!
DennisReed
Awesome motion capture!
ascrazy
fantastic shot:-)
JaneEden
Extremely interesting intro Danny, and what strikes me about this Eagle is the sheer determination on its face as it flys along. A magnificent bird and catpure, hugs Jane xx
nikolais
a fighter plane at take off with full afterburner... magic moment captured!