Title

Golden eagle

Caption

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), adult male, perches on a hook, plucks and feeds on the prey of the rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus), Norway, Europe

Date

Dec 18, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Mark Sisson

Reference

BRK22F02_439

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.9Mb (18.0Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3542 (300dpi)

Keywords

Accipitridae Aquila Aquila chrysaetos Aves Bird Birds Europe Galliformes Golden eagle Golden eagles Mountain Range North Europe Northern Europe Norway Rock Ptarmigan Scandinavian adult adult animal adult animals alert alertness animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey attention attentive attentiveness behavior behaviour bird feather bird feathers bird of prey bird photography birds of prey capture catch catches deplume depluming eagle eat fauna feather feed feeding forage foraging galliforms gallinaceous birds gamebirds gamefowl habitat hook hooks in Winter ingestion landfowl look look at look out looking out looks looks into male male animal male animals males mature matures mountainous natural environment natural environments natural habitat nordic out outdoor outdoors outside perch perched perches pluck feathers plumage plumages prey prey animal preying preys raptor search for food searching for food sit sitting view watch out watchful wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography winter wintery wintry Alps Diurnal bird of prey Diurnal birds of prey Falconiformes Lagopus Norwegian Ptarmigan Ptarmigans Scandinavia animal feed animal feeds mountain mountains