Here is a happening news for the nature lovers of the city as the endangered Greater Spotted Eagle was sighted at village Daimar under Tehsil Patan of district Durg. The eagle was spotted in a field feeding on a dead animal.

 

Patan Tehsildar and a bird watcher Anubhav Sharma informed that in winter lots of migrant birds comes to India and with them comes the hunter bird’s raptors. It’s really very wonderful coincidence to see Greater Spotted Eagle in village Daimar as IUCN has kept this bird in the red list category of endangered species.

 

Here it needs a mention that Greater Spotted Eagle is a migratory bird and is a native bird of Siberia. To save themselves from the excessive cold of Russia they migrate to India to spend the winter season. Spotted Eagle is basically hunter birds. Even hawks fail to compete with them due to their size.

 

Anubhav Sharma detailing about the species informed that the Greater Spotted Eagle occasionally just called the spotted eagle, is a large bird of prey. The eagle is 59-71 cm (23-28 in) in length and has a wingspan of 157-179 cm (5.15-5.87 ft). Typical body mass is 1.6-2.5 kg, with an occasional big female weighing up to 3.2 kg. The eagle hunts small mammals, fish, snake and mainly terrestrial, prey. It is classified as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world population of this eagle is estimated at less than 4,000 breeding pairs. The primary threats are habit degradation and habitat loss, as well as human disturbance during the mating season.