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Black Eagle Project Roodekrans Verreaux’s (Black) Eagle aggression towards their offspring
During the weekend of 25/26 October 2014, the adult Verreaux’s eagle pair have commenced with early aggression towards Jono and the main perpetrator appears to be Thulane, with Emonyeni still refraining from this activity probably guided by her maternal instincts. By nature, these species are naturally aggressive and territorial disallowing any similar species within their immediate and or greater home range.
This early aggression aimed at their offspring is yet too early as he has only been 7 weeks off the nest. Usually, such behaviour is only evident in the region of 10-11 weeks and there is no precise reasoning as to why the juvenile is being harassed this early as there is ample prey and the adults have provided adequately.
This process cannot be reversed in any way because as soon as the onslaught commences, Jono will have to learn to defend himself from Thulane and ultimately Emonyeni. The flight path ahead for Jono will be an uncertain journey and no matter how much resistance he will present now, the more intense will the onslaughts become. A gradual process that can last 3-4 weeks, the following weeks are going to be extremely difficult for Jono as he understands little of the adults’ behaviour towards him and why the incessant harassment. This lesson however, will be of great value to Jono later in his life when he has a mate and offspring of their own and only then will he come to understand what is happening to him now will have a repetitive bearing later in their lives.
Not easy at all as in his first year away from his natal home range, he only has a survival chance of a lowly 20-30%, which is rather poor for such a large species. Starvation is by far the biggest obstacle that he has to overcome…taking into consideration that he has never hunted for himself…the adults also don’t teach him how to hunt, it is pure instinct that triggers his brain that he must eat in order to survive…
Bo van der Lecq

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Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden South Africa

Sunday 09 November 2014.
We were at the site at 6.30am this morning. Jono and Em were perched in a tree close to each other (photo one). We could not see Thulane. All three eagles flew towards the nest and landed (photo two). Unlike yesterday there was no aggression this morning. We got some shots of Jono in flight (photos three and four).
The only interaction was with the peregrine falcon (photos five, six and seven). Got a nice shot of Jono with the waterfalls in the background (photo eight)
Photos by Mohammed and Sharifa Jinnah

Emoyeni with blood on her bill, Thulane with his nictitating membrane over his eye and Jono in flight. Photos taken on 9 Nov 2014 at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden South Africa

The webcam at Store Moss National Park in Sweden is live again:

Caught an Eagle this morning, stayed in the tree in the background while I watched

and the video Jono enjoying puddle and eating

from fb Black Eagle Project Roodekrans

Bo’s Eagle Express reporting

Photos by Ernest Porter.

White Tailed Eagle (looks like 3 or 4 year old)at Store Mosse



And last Saturday (November 15) there were Two Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), one White tailed Eagle, a few Hooded crows (Corvus cornix) and European Magpies (Pica pica)

Store Mosse, Sweden



Is there a better place/topic for this webcam? It's not a nest after all . . .

Yes, that is probably the same sub-adult White Tailed Eagle I saw a couple of days ago.