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Fighting of Golden Eagle and Cinereous Vulture, Fighting on the ground.

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The Golden Eagle vs The Black Vulture FPWC

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Male cenerious vulture and female steller's sea eagle

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An Unlikely Pair.

LIKE OLD FRIENDS meeting for lunch, a cinereous vulture and a juvenile Steller’s sea eagle pose for a camera trap set along a game trail in the Sikhote-Alin Reserve in Russia.

While both cinereous vultures and Steller’s sea eagles are winter visitors to this corner of the southern Russian Far East, it’s possible that these two individuals had never encountered a member of the opposite species before. Steller’s sea eagles move south in winter from far northern places in Russia like Magadan and Kamchatka, but are relatively uncommon this far south. Cinereous vultures come east mostly from Mongolia, and are rare this far north along the Sea of Japan with no more than a few dozen records in the reserve since the 1960s.

This might explain the eagle’s submission to the vulture — it had perhaps never seen another raptor so large — so it waited patiently for the vulture to finish eating before moving in to feed. What makes this encounter all the more remarkable is that it was captured completely by chance: when a deer was killed (or simply died) along the game trail, this camera happened to be in the perfect place to document the interactions of this unlikely pair.

blog.wcs.org/photo/2018/03/30/an-unlikely-pair-camera-trap-vulture-eagle-russia/

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Young Bearded Vultures and Golden Eagles
One of the greatest threats to young Bearded Vultures are the territorial attacks of Golden Eagles. Last year, in Picos de Europa National Park, an extremely aggressive young Golden Eagle swooped and killed a young male Bearded Vulture called Güeña, belonged to the reintroduction project leaded by the Bearded Vulture Foundation.



Güeña, a young male Bearded Vulture in August last year.

This year, in Picos de Europa National Park, two new females are suffering also the attacks of an adult female, maybe because they are flying near of one of her nests.









Quebrantina, one of the new young females of Bearded Vulture (marked with red and yellow flags)
and the Golden Eagle in early November.

Fortunately, at the moment they are only common territorial displays and not direct attacks.

birdwatchingasturias.blogspot.com/2015/11/young-bearded-vultures.html

More pictures in the link below:

www.alamy.com/stock-photo/bearded-vulture-attacking-a-golden-eagle-before-snowy-mountain-scenery.html

[OldGreenVulture]

White headed vulture harrassing tawny eagle.



Wait your turn tawny eagle.



Size comparison between a white headed vulture, white backed vulture, and bateleur's eagle



White headed vultures and tawny eagle

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[Eaglehawk]

Battle of the Wings – Predator versus Scavenger

by Melissa Smit | Nov 4, 2016 | Birds, Featured Articles, Special nature events, Vulture, Wild encounters | 3 comments

Working in the bush offers the opportunity to witness incredible wildlife interaction every day, but a few days ago, I saw something almost unbelievable.
It was a beautiful sunny morning as I made my way back to my living quarters after the morning game drive.  I saw this majesticmartial eagle flying around and landing on the ground a few meters away in the bush.  I thought I might try and photograph it – but what followed I could not imagine.
I moved into the bush as quietly as possible and positioned myself close enough for a few great shots of the eagle sitting on the ground.  I did notice that it was constantly looking up at the sky.



Now the martial eagle is the largest eagle in Africa, with an average length of 78-96 cm, and a wingspan of 188-260 cm.  As one of the world’s most powerful avian predators, this eagle is fearsome with few natural enemies.
The diet of the martial eagle ranges from game birds and Egyptian geese, to reptiles such as monitor lizards and snakes.  Regular mammal prey includes hares, mongooses, squirrels, baboons, monkeys and sometimes young impala and smaller antelope. The martial eagle hunts mostly in flight, circling high above its territory, and stooping sharply to catch its prey by surprise. On occasion, they may still-hunt from a high perch or concealed in vegetation near watering holes. Birds are typically killed on the ground or in trees, and sometimes in mid-flight.
So, as this eagle was looking up, I noticed there were some hooded vultures flying quite low above us getting ready to take the thermals higher.  Out of nowhere this eagle shot up into the sky and slammed into one of the vultures flying above us, pulling it downwards before hitting the ground with a huge thud.





These two big birds were fighting on the ground – it was just dust and feathers. The eagle made it look easy keeping the vulture pinned on the ground using its size and sharp talons.  The vulture flapped its great big wings but every attempt was useless against the eagle.  After a few brief moments of panic, the dust finally settled,and I saw the martial eagle spreading its wings victorious over its prey.



For a moment, I could hardly believe what I had just witnessed. This was truly one of my best wildlife encounters ever. Thank goodness I had a camera, because no one would believe my story if I didn’t have proof!

www.kapama.com/rangerblog/battle-of-the-wings-predator-versus-scavenger/

Here is some good information about interactions between Eagles & Vultures:



Source: Vultures: Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation

[kingbird]

So vultures are pretty much more superior than eagles?

[OldGreenVulture]

Oct 18, 2019 5:17:09 GMT kingbird said:

So vultures are pretty much more superior than eagles?

It depends. Eagles have superior talons and grips but old world vultures especially the more predatory ones have superior beaks.