Bonelli's Eagle - Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
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Date

Location

Shitla Odakhan Road 29.491, 79.631
Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
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Map
Map Coordinates: 29.4907747, 79.6306737
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Flying

Media notes

Bonelli's eagle attacking a Steppe Eagle

Observation details

A Steppe eagle flew into and sat high up on tall Chir Pine tree. After a little while it took flight and seemed to be joining a few more Steppe eagles that were higher up. From nowhere a Bonellis eagle appeared and attacked the Steppe eagle. The incident was short and seemingly there was no contact and as quickly as it happened the birds were in normal position with the somewhat unfazed Steppe Eagle continue to search for a thermal and join its clan. The Bonelli's eagle disappeared as quickly as it had come into sight

Additional species

Technical information

Model
NIKON D3300
ISO
400
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/11.0
Shutter speed
1/640 sec
Dimensions
2932 pixels x 2073 pixels
Original file size
734.62 KB