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The Take Off!

            The Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax)  is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Its heavily feathered legs illustrate it to be a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, also known as “booted eagles”. 
Throughout its range, it favours open dry habitats such as semideserts, deserts steppes, or savanna plains. Despite its preference for areas of aridity, the species seldom occurs in areas where trees are entirely absent.
The tawny eagle is perhaps the most highly opportunistic of all of its taxonomic clan, and often scavenges on carrion or engages in kleptoparasitism towards other carnivorous animals but is also a bold and active predator, often of relatively large and diverse prey. It is estimated that tawny eagles can reach the age of 16 years old. Nonetheless, precipitous declines have been detected throughout the tawny eagle's range. Numerous factors, particularly loss of nesting habitat due to logging and global warming, as well as persecution and other anthropogenic mortality are driving the once numerous tawny eagle perhaps to the brink of extinction.

This lovely Tawny Eagle was captured taking off from it's perch during a Photography Safari on an early morning game drive in the Ndutu Plains of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.
   

Taken in: Tanzania / Arusha / Enduleni / Sinoni (show map)

Taken on: February 1, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, 560mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:	EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	560mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.1 (Macintosh)
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