Imperial Eagle
I was birding around the kibbutz relatively late during the day yesterday, seeing some of the wintering species that are here, also seeing a few tree pipits that came in. Suddenly I glimpsed a shadow above me, and noticed a large eagle soaring overhead.
It had something in its talons that I could not make out. After making a few circles between the perimeter fence and the border fence, it landed in the open. It was an adult Imperial Eagle that was feasting on a dove species. Its golden feathers on the head and neck regions and the white spots on its shoulders made it unmistakable. I had a good look at it until a patrol car came by, scaring it off. It soared again and eventually disappeared from view into Jordan. It seems that this individual is the same one that I had seen a few days before as it landed on the southern perimeter fence of the kibbutz.
David Schoneveld
Kibbutz Lotan
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Hi david
As youprobely now,that Imperial eagle on the site are not a adult,but a juvenile in its first plumage!
See you proberly later on in match in Isreal.
Anders fischer