A jester in the jungle: my quest to see a baby harpy eagle

I had always wanted to see one and on a trek in Guyana there he was, his appearance quite bizarreSeeing a special bird can take enormous effort, as I discovered recently on a quest in the jungles of Guyana. As we headed along a narrow river towards our destination, we had to cope with heat and humidity and navigate huge rocks and fallen logs. All this just to see a baby bird.I say baby, but harpy eagles - named after mythical ancient Greek spirits with a raptor's body and a woman's head - are easily the biggest bird of prey in the Americas, and one of the largest in the world. Continue reading...