Harpy Eagle in Los Santos
Tedd Tennis sends these photos of an adult Harpy Eagle taken in Búcaro, Los Santos (just west of Isla Cañas), on July 9th, 2013 at approximately 4pm:
I took this picture on my friend Jon Kryzmanich's property in Bucaro. Jon was with me at the time and also got a very good look at the eagle. Jon has about 70 hectares and we were walking the back of the property and came upon this bird sitting on a fence post. We were very close when it flew off and the noise of its flight was so loud that I knew immediately that it wasn't a "normal" bird. It flew into a nearby tree and Jon and I were able to get right below it. It took off after about 10 minutes. Unfortunately I only had a point and shoot camera so this is the best picture I got.This is the first record of Harpy Eagle from the whole of the Pacific Slope of Panama west of Pacora, and it's not like they're common on the Costa Rica side, either: the closest population in the Osa Peninsula.