Where Eagles Dare - Download the November wallpaper! [The Green Ogre]

Where Eagles Dare – Download the November wallpaper!

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Green Ogre Posted in Birds, Downloads, Sandy

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The Crested Serpent Eagle is one of our most-loved raptors. Seen in forests and countrysides near wooded areas, it is a small, powerful forest eagle. Trained birders can recognize its call — a screaming two or three-note whistle that carries very far when the bird is on the wing and soaring. In flight it is distinctive — the broad white horizontal bands on the tail and under the wings on a dark field are diagnostic.

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Photo and wallpaper editing by Sandeep Somasekharan

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