Verreaux's Eagle Nest - Selati Game Reserve, South Africa

On a cliff in Selati Game Reserve, in South Africa's Limpopo province, a pair of Verreaux's eagles, also known as black eagles, has built a bulky nest of sticks, and this camera looks straight into it.

In southern Africa they usually lay their eggs between April and June, most often two of them, and the parents share about 45 days of incubation. Only one chick normally survives, because the older one almost always kills its younger sibling.

The survivor grows fast on rock hyraxes, the eagles' main prey, and leaves the nest after about 95 days. Outside the breeding season the nest can sit quiet for months.

Did You Know? With wings that stretch about 7.5 feet (2.3 m) across, Verreaux's eagle is one of Africa's biggest eagles, and it's easy to recognize by the white Y-shaped patch on its back.

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