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Crested Serpent Eagle Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela

8 January 2019

"Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela,sitting on a post with raised crest."

Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela

"Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela,staring into my camera, perched on a branch."

Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela

"Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela,taking off."

Crested Serpent Eagle - Spilornis cheela

The Silent Patient Solitary raptor, The Crested Serpent Eagle,
Hunts in the morn, on snakes and reptiles rodents or frogs,
His crest is well hidden, and only seen when the bird goes beans,
Rarely seen at its hunting haunts, but what a spectacle he makes when soaring above.

Crested Serpent Eagle is a resident of Mount Abu.
The Crested Serpent Eagle, as its English name suggests, is a reptile eater which hunts over forests, often close to wet grassland, for snakes and lizards. More...

Crested Serpent Eagle over the years
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