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

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

Ismaele Tortella / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) catching fish, Lofoten, Norway, August.

Jack Dykinga / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched as Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) fly by, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.

Ernie Janes / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) portrait, captive, occurs in North America.

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

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

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying over frost and snow covered forest. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. January 2011.

Guy Edwardes / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Savuti, Botswana.

Daniel J. Cox / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) hunting, Hokkaido, Japan

Danny Green / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight, Alaska, USA, February

Danny Green / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) head portrait, Alaska, USA, February