One afternoon we almost finished our hike through the forest of Refugio Los Volcanes in Santa Cruz province in south-eastern Bolivia. Already almost back to the accomodation, we spotted a female Rufous-thighed Hawk (Accipiter erythronemius) – a close relative to the Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), an ecological counterpart, in structure and plumage, and, to a… Continue reading A Rufous-thighed Hawk in the Refugio Los Volcanes in south-eastern Bolivia
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Flying Raptors over the Cape Province of South Africa
One of the top birds for a European traveler to the RSA is the Verreaux’s Eagle (Aquila verreauxii). A pair of these beautiful eagles is said to be present on the forested slopes and rocky cliffs of the Cape Peninsula. A number of more pairs of Verreaux’s Eagle pairs still nest in near surrounding of… Continue reading Flying Raptors over the Cape Province of South Africa