In search of the Madagascar fish eagle

We took an afternoon boat ride out to try to find the Madagascar fish Eagle.

Mike photographed Chris on the beach earlier that day doing yoga. We discovered after the fact that Chris had done the eagle pose which brought us good luck

We passed some baobab trees along the way.

we also found the Madagascar sacred ibis.

Mike spotted a flying bird, but it turned out to be the yellow-billed kite.

There are just about 60 breeding pairs of Madagascar fish eagles left, and six nests are in the area. Our guides knew where each was, but we still had difficulty finding them.

Eventually, we parked the boat in front of one nest and could see a head, barely sticking out. Although that counts is having seen the bird, it’s not very satisfactory.

After a few minutes, a second eagle flew toward the nest.

This was a female which eventually entered the nest. A few minutes later, the male flew off and perched in a tree.