๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ฆ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Crested Serpent Eagle โ Spilornis cheela โข ๐ง๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น: เฎชเฎพเฎฎเฏเฎชเฏเฎฃเฏเฎฃเฎฟเฎเฏเฎเฎดเฏเฎเฏ
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป/๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: Vellore โ Tamilnadu โ India โ 25th Oct 2025, 9:00 am
๐งฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐: Nikon Z9 + Nikkor Z 800 โข 1/3200 s โข f/6.3 โข ISO 800
๐งฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐: Nikon Z9 + Nikkor Z 800 โข 1/3200 s โข f/6.3 โข ISO 800
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: Warm thermals, clear light, and a steady glide over the fields. The serpent-eagle circled low, scanned the crop edges, and rose againโcalm, alert, unmistakable.
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ
โข ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Broad rounded wings, bold pale tail band, yellow face/legs; short dark crest often visible.
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐/๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Forest edges, groves, and farmlands; hunts mainly snakes and lizards, sometimes frogs/rodents.
โข ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Stick nest high in canopy; typically a single egg; both parents guard and feed.
โข ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ: Widespread across tropical Asia; a resident raptor in much of peninsular India.
โข ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ-๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ: vs Short-toed Snake EagleโCrested has yellow bare face + bold tail band and darker head/crest; STSE shows paler head and longer, plank-like wings.
โข ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Broad rounded wings, bold pale tail band, yellow face/legs; short dark crest often visible.
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐/๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Forest edges, groves, and farmlands; hunts mainly snakes and lizards, sometimes frogs/rodents.
โข ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Stick nest high in canopy; typically a single egg; both parents guard and feed.
โข ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ: Widespread across tropical Asia; a resident raptor in much of peninsular India.
โข ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ-๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ: vs Short-toed Snake EagleโCrested has yellow bare face + bold tail band and darker head/crest; STSE shows paler head and longer, plank-like wings.
๐ฌ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Morning vigil over Velloreโs fields.
