Eagles quietly getting on with life during lockdown
According to the BEPR monitors, the eagles are in good shape and are very busy during the day, taking branches and green sprays of leaves to the nest.
Eagle lovers had their last chance of seeing the famous Verreaux’s eagles at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden on 25 March before the national lockdown.
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has instructed all its Botanical Gardens to close from 26 March in compliance with the coronavirus regulations.
While South Africa and the rest of the world are currently in such turmoil, the two resident eagles, Mahlori and Makatsa are quietly getting on with life.
According to the BEPR monitors, the eagles are in good shape and are very busy during the day, taking branches and green sprays of leaves to the nest.
“Hopefully in a few days from now when the 21 days of lockdown have passed, we can hit that mountain and snap up those beautiful eagles. So it’s cheers for now, unless an eagle lands on my roof. Stay safe everyone; cheers,” said photographer Shane Wilken.
BEPR has confirmed that the pair are engaging in a lot of mating activity mostly near the nest.
Shane said, “Not too long to go; we are suspecting that there will be an egg in the nest very soon”.
Black Eagles have been breeding in the Walter Sisulu Garden since the 1940s, and since the official formation of the Black Eagle Project in 1992, two adult birds have been replaced.
