RARE HARPY EAGLE SIGHTING IN BOLIVIA

RARE HARPY EAGLE SIGHTING IN BOLIVIA

From my first memories of seeing the majestic Harpy Eagle on National Geographic , it was always a bird i have dreamt of seeing. On the 25th of January 2019 that dream became a reality.

The Harpy Eagle or flying Wolf as many call them is the holy grail for birdwatchers, this rare and elusive Raptor is the king of the skys and its rein of terror among Sloths and Monkeys is the stuff of legends.

After recieving  call about a possible Harpy Eagle in a private Reserve, i was on the next plane and on route to hopefully have a sighting, considering the areas last sighting was over 5 years ago and its easily confused with the Crested Eagle i didnt have my hopes set too high. 

On route to where the Harpy Eagle was spotted 

The first scouting trip was unsucessful , we did see an Osprey, Pink River Dolphins, Red Howler Monkeys and even a King Vulture, however luck was not on our side. Still optimistic we left and decided to come back the next day. 

The next day we set out again and almost immedietly we were in luck, sitting just a few hundreds metres was this impressive beast of a bird, one which had eluded me in literally hundreds of Amazon trips. 

BELOW ARE SOME FINAL IMAGES OF THIS INCREDIBLE RAPTOR

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