Eastern Imperial Eagles

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

This was last year at Sultanpur, discovered an album I had forgotten about. I had walked off the track and into the grassland, observing and photographing smaller birds - a white breasted kingfisher, some citrine wagtails, etc. when I rounded a tall clump and grass and saw this tree with the harriers. They kept flying off almost in sorties and I waited for this shot.

Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm, at 300m, ISO 400, 1/1000s - F/9

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice to see this Kaustav. these are not marsh harriers but Aquila eagles ...look good for Greated spotted eagles A. clanga .

TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. The landing pose with full wings open, of the bird on the right looks nice. Seems they were a bit far off. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more from the trip.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see these. I think Roopak is right. These look like Greater spotted eagles. Haven't been to Sultanpur for sometime. Is it now open? I will starting doing some birding from next weekend once I am back in Delhi.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks for the correction Roopak, am excited to check and see that they are a pair of greater spotted eagles indeed!
Mrudul - will share, thanks
Sabyasachi - Its opening from 1st Oct...planning to go next weekend. Lets hook up.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Correction - these are a pair of the Eastern Imperial Eagles - Vulnerable IUCN classification