{"id":2521,"date":"2023-12-22T07:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T06:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2023-12-18T11:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:59:15","slug":"birding-in-spain-advent-calendar-december-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/birding-in-spain-advent-calendar-december-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Birding In Spain Advent Calendar December 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

This one is close to me. <\/em><\/p>\n

For a good number of years now the Bonelli\u2019s Eagle<\/strong> has been one of my favourite \u201chome\u201d birds.<\/p>\n

Just look at that expression: this bird has character, and plenty of it.<\/p>\n

The Bonelli\u2019s Eagle is only a medium-sized eagle, but I\u2019ve watched it chase off a considerably larger Golden Eagle<\/strong> encroaching on its territory, and it still had plenty of fight left in it. The Golden Eagle did the right thing by getting out of there pretty fast.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an eagle with bright white underparts, so you\u2019d think it would be easy to spot, wouldn\u2019t you? Well, when it wants to show off to a potential mate or rival it will sit on an exposed perch and you might happen to be there too to observe it. However, if it doesn\u2019t want to be seen you can spend hours in a known eagle territory and leave frustrated after seeing nothing, or worried that the territorial pair will have abandoned the area, or even worse, suspecting that they have fallen prey to some human-induced mortality factor.<\/p>\n

As means of illustration: I\u2019ve watched a pair of Bonelli\u2019s Eagles sitting virtually motionless for almost an hour on secluded perches and then briefly take flight only to move to another even more secluded perch where they remain for at least another hour. If I had the whole day to spare I might wait then to see them take another brief flight over the nearest ridge, not to be seen again for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

And that look; that scrutiny. To me that expression alone makes the Bonelli\u2019s Eagle<\/strong> more like a Goshawk<\/strong> than an eagle. It\u2019s hungry, insatiable, unpredictable. It\u2019s wild – still. As it should be.<\/p>\n

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Bonelli’s Eagle on perch<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

A negative mind will never give you a positive life <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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