I felt that something was wrong by looking at his face and have a look if you can also see it?
This is a Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene) and they are the biggest of the hawks in South Africa.
Did you see what was wrong with his face?
The harrier hawk is known as one of the most athletic birds in the sky, as they have double-jointed knees that enable them to climb trees. They fly around scouting the trees for small birds with nests and then they will climb into the trees to grab the babies. Not a very good description of them, but it is the truth.
Read more about the hawk HERE
Yes, his one eye was gone.
Luckily, his other eye was good.
And now he has one blind side.
The hawks have deadly claws thar are good for climbing and for killing prey.
No, he was not waving at you, but the blind side was itching, and he scratched it a few times.
But how did he lose his eye? I think that I know.
Pied crows have a love to eat eyes and many farmers will tell you that the crows rip the eyes of their sheep lambs out.
Here the crows were in a battle with a brown kite. Any raptor bird that flies into the crows territory gets attacked by the crows.
Screaming out their anger they even make contact with the bigger raptors.
You can see the size differences here below between the crows and the raptor.
The crows are the faster and nimbler flyers and they take turns to attack the raptor.
The Harrier Hawk has big eyes and I think that he had a fight with the crows. The hawk is big and clumsy and would make perfect bait for the crows. That must be the reason why the hawk sat in hiding in the big tree. I would not have seen this, but a guy saw me taking photos of birds and he came to tell me that there was a big grey "eagle" sitting in the tree not too far away. We immediately suspected that it was the harrier hawk and yes, we were correct.
The wildlife was designed to cope with disabilities and there are many disabled birds at our local Rapture Rescue Center. Tame animals and humans also have this ability to overcome disabilities. The crows don't always have things their own way either, as at times a raptor can get a part of a crow in its beak and simply rip it off. I posted some years ago about a crow that we tried to rescue, as its right leg was ripped off. Sadly, the vet had to put the crow down.
So yes, as in human life, the skies are not always dreamy and peaceful. Everyone is only trying to survive and in our case as well.
Such is life.
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I love reading about animals.
I love to post about animals.
In my country there are a lot of birds, but I do not know the details of it, I only know one crow because they are black, Long-tailed peacock, and then what other animal I have never know it and thank you for sharing in these birds.
Maybe you have to do some research about the birds in your country. Wikipedia is easy to get the details.
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Sad reality of survival & the circle of life! 😥😢😭
I truly hope this handsome Harrier Hawk is able to live a full life despite the loss of vision in one eye. 🦅
Oh yes, always a sad sight to see damaged wildlife Lady Nina.
I said elsewhere that the hawk looked healthy, because of the ease with which he climbed around in the tree.
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Sad to see this beautiful bird with a damaged eye. It’s a bird eat bird world out there.
Oh yes Lady Jo, but apart from the eye, he looked healthy climbing around on that tree.
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That's sad 😢 It looks like he's doing ok on eating, but he surely misses his eye...
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Yes, the bird is healthy as he as very active in tree. He is coping with his disability.
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We all have to my friend and I have learned the hard way not to allow anything to dominate my life. Each in turn and if for some reason I cannot make it, then I simply leave it until I can.
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Well, that's the harsh truth of nature. He is a danger to others, and therefore, in order to protect themselves, the birds attack him. And now he, taught by bitter experience, will become more careful. An excellent reportage from the wild turned out!
Oh yes, the birds attack him to protect their babies. Same in our lives, as we also protect our families.
The sad thing is that the hawk will just continue to rob their babies, as that is all that he knows how to do. Nature has designed it such to control the bird populations.
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This is deep truth about life
Thank you and it's only my own opinion.