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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Fish Eagle

They have an average body length of 63-73cm and a wingspan of around 190cm for males.
 They are found at large dams, lakes and river with large trees and also coastal lagoons.


As their name implies, they mostly eat fish up to 3kg in weight which they pick out of the water while flying over.

3 comments:

Rhodesia said...

My favourite bird. Keep well Diane

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

So lovely to hear from you Diane. I hope the winter is not too bad and that you are doing well?

Gaelyn said...

I so look forward to seeing these again.