A portrait of a Golden Eagle. The Golden Eagle has very good eyesight. The Golden Eagle can see a rabbit from a height of two kilometres. Not only rabbits are eaten, but also marmots, squirrels, fowl, turtles, snakes and carrion. Prey is usually caught after a long, low glide. Golden eagles are opportunistic hunters that attack all kinds of animal species. In very rare cases, they also attack large animals, such as deer and coyote.
Ronald Pol (1977) is a nature photographer from Deventer, the Netherlands. It was during a trip to Africa that his passion for nature photography started. The main focus is on the photography of animals (portraits and behaviour), but a variety of other subjects are photographed as well... Read more…