Örninn

There's been a white-tailed eagle around us in southern Iceland these past few weeks and local teacher and wildlife enthusiast, Ari Eggertsson, managed to snap a dramatic profile of the bird perched on a lava block. Eagles are rather rare breeding birds in Iceland with perhaps just 37 breeding pairs and are usually found in the north west part of the country. You can learn more about these magnificent raptors and other threatened birds in Iceland at the Icelandic Society for the Protection of Birds' website. The title of this post by the way is simply, 'The Eagle'.