Wednesday 16 November 2011

Steller's sea eagles

Harpy Eagle

Flaying Animal | Harpy Eagle | Steller's sea eagles | Eagle that looks funny and cute is often referred to as the most powerful eagle in the world. His body can weigh 9 kg, body length 105 cm, and its wings span of 2 meters. Claws longer than the bear paws and has a strong grip, so he can break a man's arm or even through the bones of the head.
Harpy eagles are found in some areas of southern Mexico, Central America and South America. Harpy Eagle is the main prey monkeys, sloths, large birds like macaws birds, iguanas and boa sometimes.

Harpy Eagle

Harpie spent time at altitude. He was hunting by flying around the top of the tree or from tree to tree. Monkeys and sloth that developed in the tropical forests are the main victims of this eagle. However, sometimes harpie also attacked other large birds, like parakeets fig. In harpie nests, the scientists also found the remains aglouti (large rodents) and other mammals that live in soil. This indicates that the occasional harpie also fell to the ground. When flying, harpie speed can reach 80 km / hour.

Harpy Eagle
Harpy Eagle

This bird breeds in Kamchatka peninsula, coastal areas around the sea of Okhotsk, the lower reaches of the river Amur and Sakhalin north and kepulana Shantar, Russia. The majority of these birds during the season dinging away to the south, in the Kuril Islands and Hokkaidō, Japan.

Harpy Eagle

Steller sea eagles eat fish, especially salmon. Besides fish, Steller's sea eagles also eat birds, mammals and insects. Steller's sea eagles can also eat young sea lions.

Harpy Eagle

2 comments:

  1. The Harpy Eagle is the most beautiful raptor I have ever seen. I am very much an owl person, as the Barred Owl is my favorite. But over all I'm a bird fan.

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