Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
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Sprocky
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Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
Sometimes it’s not until you don’t see what you want to see, that you truly open your eyes.
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Sharifa
Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
Beautiful photos of a gorgeous bird everyone 
Seen at Craig Lockhart on the 5 January 2011
Seen at Craig Lockhart on the 5 January 2011
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Bushveld Jock
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Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
Hi Duke,Duke wrote:Great choice BJ
I quote from "The Killer Birds of Kruger" by Brett Hilton Barber and Lou Arthur:
The bateleur is often the first bird at a kill and is known to go straight for the eyeballs of the dead animal.There is a record of a bateleur attacking a python just to get to its eyeballs
Interest fact about Bateleurs. They are definitely quick to find a kill. At first I thought they only hunt and later read about this fact.
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Bushveld Jock
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Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
Sprocky wrote:
Sprocky I hope I am right to say this is a female and the one taken by nan in flights a male. When looking at the male the black trailing edge is the widest , while the female is a narrow black edge on the wings.
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Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
Here you go BJ...
Dewi
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Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
Stunning photos everyone. 
Dewi
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nan
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Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
male or female... the mouse 
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nan
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Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
will read this article, thank you
a bit like this one
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Duke
Re: Bateleur - Bird of the Month October 2013
Saw these 3 having a bath at Cubije Quap, KTP on 19 November 2012
