Anup Shah / African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} defends Lesser flamingo carcass from Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus}, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Juvenile Tawny or African Sea Eagle defending flamingo carcass from Marabou stork {Lepitoptilos crumeniferous}

Anup Shah / African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} fighting Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} over Lesser flamingo carcass, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Doug Perrine / Spotted eagle ray from underneath {Aetobatus narinari} Caribbean Sea (Non-ex).

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed eagle {Aquila audax fleayi} tasmanian sub species, adult portrait, Australia

Jami Tarris / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) huntress, Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia

Staffan Widstrand / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, about to land, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult with nest material on eyrie with chick showing background, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK., May.

David Pattyn / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight in front of a vertical rocky mountain side, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Italy, May

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fishing, Alaska

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fishing, Alaska

David Gallan / Slow motion clip of a Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) landing in nest, Mimosa National Park, New South Wales, Australia , September.