Few birds have appeared higher on my 'wish list' of birds for the greater area of Lotan than Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii. This, the mother of all eagles is big and black, spectacular in shape, and a symbol of the last remaining wilderness areas in our southern deserts. Primarily an African raptor, it retains a foothold in the West Palearctic region chiefly in Sinai and South Jordan.

Near panic ensued when I saw the first bird being mobbed by Brown-necked Ravens just after 1:30 pm and despite my following anxiously by car, I lost contact with this bird over the Arava highway at abou