Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens

[Duke]

Then we had some synchronized flying between Emyoni and Thulane

[nan]

like a ballet... what a pleasure to watch

[Lisbeth]

Looks as if they are doing it deliberately The one with the catch followed by the other

[Flutterby]

Amazing pics...well done!

[Dewi]

Fantastic set of sequences Duke.

Sexing the adults is very difficult.

The amount of white on the upperparts is not a reliable way of differentiating the adults unless you know the pair well and know the difference between the two by their behaviour etc.

Females are 6% larger on average, which is usually not obvious in the field.

Females usually have a more wedge shaped tail than the males and they have a broader wing at the outer secondaries than the males. The female usually has longer and more ragged "leggings" than the male.

Even Eagle researchers sometimes have difficulty telling the adults apart, even when they know the pair well.

Going on the above criteria, I'd speculate that the female is the one carrying the prey in the pics, but would not put a bet on it.

[Duke]

Thanks Dewi for all that info

[nan]

Dewi

but I think also is the female... because females are better to give something to the little ones

[Duke]

Then Jono took off and followed Mum, breakfast had arrived







and all of them then flew off and landed on the ridge to enjoy their meal

[nan]

enjoy your meal Jono

[Lisbeth]

Let's hope that he/she gets it, it's been flying around for a couple of days now