Reporting Date: 18th october 2011

It was about mid-day on a game drive when ranger Deus suddenly came across a Bateluer and Tawny eagle feeding on the ground on what at first looked like left –overs from another animal’s kill. They were on the opposite side of each other with the meal in the middle. On getting closer,  they  found  that they were feeding  on  the remains of a leopard tortoise whose shell appeared to have been smashed  into smaller pieces. Definitely it had been killed by something else other than the two eagles as they have not been known to kill tortoises. Tawny and  Bateluer eagles are sometimes seen on scavenging  sites  where  vultures  feed  on bigger animals but they would not be at the forefront in such areas but wait patiently for some opportunity  or simply pick up tiny pieces that fall a few meters away. 

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers