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Look at that yawn.

Early morning and he must have had a late night. It is a first for me to see the bird yawning, and I got him yawning a few times. It is a juvenile Harrier Hawk

Crow guards on duty.

Predators are around, and the crows posted lookouts in their territory. I did not have to wait long to see some action, as the doves and smaller birds suddenly scattered

A juvenile Harrier Hawk landed.

There was no way that I could get around a palm tree to get the sun behind me. This was too good to worry about the position of the sun, and I just had to cope with

Early morning pictures.

I have a mix of photos in here, and I will open with a silhouette of a Harrier Hawk. The light was not ideal for photography in the sky, but I decided to give it

The king of the falcons and a young hawk.

He came over very high up, and I zoomed him on the wrong camera setting. It is a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), and his dive is the fastest of all the birds

I opened a curtain...

...and look what was sitting on a lamp post in the road. Early morning and my habit is to always open the curtains when I sit down in our study. And so, when I saw

Always a second chance.

I missed this guy's take off at my first attempt, but patience was my reward. They are very fast in the take off and one has to be quick to snap, as the take offs

This hawk youngster is a real dangerous fellow…

…as I caught him weighing his options to grab a Hadeda youngster. The only problem for the hawk, was that the hadeda youngster sat next to his parents. The juvenile

This guy decided to do some preening.

It was a junior African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroidus typus) and he knew that I was watching him, but he decided to ignore me. Mrs. Google will show you all about these

The bird killer was watching something.

It is a big Harrier Hawk bird of prey (Polyboroides typus). So, let's go and see what he was watching. A good start to the day, as we had one of those rare sunny

A birds of prey show.

We have many raptors here, and I will share some in flight. First a Harrier Hawk, then a couple of Ravens and finally a Jackal Buzzard. All of them in flight, and

The African Harrier-hawk in action.

I think that the new youngster was hassling his mom for food. Young and beautiful! You can see that its head was still developing. The African harrier-hawk, harrier

Moonshots and a Hawk searching for prey on the mountain peaks.

What I can say, is that it's never easy to get something like this. I tried to get the crow on the moon's face, but it swung away at the last moment. Not that I

Here is Part 2 of the crows gathering.

Not for sensitive souls, as the damage to the victim is sad. The victim (Harrier Hawk) tried to hide from the crows in this palm tree. I did not know about the damage

The Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene)

The bird nest raider has arrived to scrutinize the area. This is a big raptor bird, and it has a wide wingspan. Its wingspan was designed to lift heavy prey and

So Zac, what are you going to show us today?

I said, lady Star I will share another surprise. Lady Star is a female Red-winged Starling, and you can see how dubious she looked at me, when I answered her question

A fascinating experience that held me spellbound.

Not every day that you will see something like this. A juvenile African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroides typus) was scratching around for rodent nests on the husks of

A show of peace between the sexes.

The call gave them away, as when I heard it, I was out in a flash. The female African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroides typus) was scouting around for a new nesting place.

A stunning post of two bird types.

I heard the squeals, but my problem was to find his hiding place. Not easy to find him, but common sense told me that he would be in the same tree that I found his

A visit by mom and junior.

Although junior can already hunt for his own prey, mom is still around to keep an eye. I got this lovely view of junior coming over and this predator is a Harrier