Raptor on weaver's nest

[Bush dog]

Can someone confirm the specie of this raptor or, if I'm wrong, identify it.

 

I think that it's a gabar goshawk???

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

Mike

 

 

[Bush dog]

I have forgotten to say that the picture was taken in Samburu

[Sverker]

I think you are right.

A juvenile Gabar goshawk has the combination of streaked breast, banded belly, yellow eye and five dark bands on the undertail.

It also has a broad rump patch, which is visible in flight.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Sverker

[Bush dog]

@@Sverker

 

Thank you for your confirmation.

[Tom Kellie]

~ @ Bush dog:

 

What a TERRIFIC image!

I've never spotted any scene like that, whether in Samburu or elsewhere.

Raptors hang like that on weaver nests, as if they were acrobats?

Great photography!

Tom K.

[Abena]

I wonder if they eat the baby weavers.... would be an easy way to get a meal! Beautiful photos @@Bush dog

[Tom Kellie]

I wonder if they eat the baby weavers.... would be an easy way to get a meal! Beautiful photos @@Bush dog

 

~ @Abena:

 

Oh, now that's a possibility, isn't it?

When I saw the raptor's acrobatic stance, I never considered the possibility that it might be hunting the weaver nestlings.

A quick snack in one bite. Thank you for mentioning that possibility.

They are such beautiful photos.

Tom K.