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India.com
6 days ago
- General
- India.com
Sky Vs Serpent: Meet The 10 Birds Of World That Hunt And Eat Snakes Like Pros
photoDetails english 2924465 Updated:Jun 30, 2025, 04:50 PM IST Secretary Bird 1 / 10 Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) Habitat is in African savannas. They are famous for stomping snakes to death with their long, powerful legs. They are Immune to small amounts of venom. They eat cobras, puff adders, and other venomous snakes. Their stomping kicks can strike in 15 milliseconds and are faster than a snake can strike back. Crested Serpent Eagle 2 / 10 Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) Their habitat is in forests across South and Southeast Asia. Their hunting style is that they specialize in reptile prey, especially snakes, and have sharp talons and a powerful beak for tearing. They are often seen soaring or perched near jungle clearings, looking for movement on the ground. Short-toed Snake Eagle 3 / 10 Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) Their habitat is in southern Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. Their hunting style is that they detect snakes from the air, then dive to grab them. they have feet covered in thick scales to protect from bites and eat the snake head-first to avoid being bitten during digestion. Brown Snake Eagle 4 / 10 Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus) Their habitat is in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their hunting style is that they prefer large and venomous snakes, like black mambas, and they can kill and eat snakes longer than their own body. Their stomachs neutralize venom and even cobra venom. Red-tailed Hawk 5 / 10 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Their habitat is in North America, and their hunting style is that they hunt snakes, rodents, and other small animals, and use their talons to pin down snakes and kill with a bite, and are occasionally seen flying off with snakes still writhing in their grip. Roadrunner 6 / 10 Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Their habitat is in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico, and their hunting style is that they hunt on foot, often in pairs, and smash snake heads against rocks to kill them. Fun fact is that they can kill small rattlesnakes despite being only 2 feet long. Great Horned Owl 7 / 10 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Their natural habitat is in the Americas (from Alaska to Argentina), and their hunting style is that they are a silent night hunter that can catch snakes unaware, and they also use strong talons and beak to immobilize and consume. They occasionally prey on venomous snakes, such as cottonmouths. Laughing Falcon 8 / 10 Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) Their habitat is in Central and South America, and their hunting style is that they are Snake specialist that scans from trees before diving, also known for their loud, laughing call. Its name literally means 'snake-eating bird' in parts of Latin America. Osprey 9 / 10 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Their habitat is Worldwide near water bodies, they mostly eat fish, but can catch water snakes and use their talons with rough pads for a strong grip. They will sometimes accidentally drop wriggling prey mid-flight. Black Kite 10 / 10 Black Kite (Milvus migrans) Their habitat is in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. They are opportunistic feeders; they eat snakes, small mammals, and even garbage. They are agile in flight, can snatch snakes off the ground or out of water. They are known to scavenge, but are still a skilled hunter of small reptiles and snakes.
Indian Express
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
After Shashi Tharoor's ‘don't ask permission to fly' post, Congress MP warns of ‘predatory birds' on the hunt
The rumblings within the Congress over veteran party leader Shashi Tharoor's stances refuse to die down. The four-time MP has once again posted a cryptic image with birds 'don't ask permission to fly' reference on X, apparently hitting out at his party members soon after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge slammed him saying it was 'Modi first and country later' for 'some people'. Now, Congress MP Manickam Tagore has hopped onto the war of words with a post warning of 'predatory birds' and 'democracy in danger' dig. In a veiled reference to the BJP, Tagore remarked, 'Freedom is not free, especially when predators wear patriotism as feathers. Tagore's post read, 'Don't ask permission to fly. Birds don't need clearance to rise… But in today even a free bird must watch the skies—hawks, vultures, and 'eagles' are always hunting. Freedom isn't free, especially when the predators wear patriotism as feathers. #DemocracyInDanger #BirdsOfPrey.' The post featured six predatory birds: Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, American Kestrel, Turkey Vulture and Great Horned Owl. Don't ask permission to fly. Birds don't need clearance to rise… But in today even a free bird must watch the skies—hawks, vultures, and 'eagles' are always hunting. Freedom isn't free, especially when the predators wear patriotism as feathers. 🦅🕊️ #DemocracyInDanger… — Manickam Tagore .B🇮🇳மாணிக்கம் தாகூர்.ப (@manickamtagore) June 26, 2025 — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 25, 2025 The rift within the Congress party has been widening of late as Tharoor praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor in an article published in a national newspaper. In a press conference held on Wednesday, Kharge responded to his article and said: 'I can't read English well. His (Tharoor's) language is very good. That's why we have made him a Congress Working Committee member.' 'But I want to say the people of the Opposition together are with the Army that is fighting (during Operation Sindoor). We (the Congress) said the country is supreme and we will work together for the country. We said 'country first, party later'. Some people say 'Modi first, country later'. What can we do about that,' Kharge said. When posed with the question whether the Congress would refrain from taking action against Tharoor, Kharge said: 'Why to be scared? It is our party, we are there. There are nearly 34 working committee members, 34 permanent invitees, nearly 30 special invitees. Now he is speaking as per his own wish. No need to repeat that again and again. Our concern is how to save the country. If somebody is concerned about something else, you can ask him about that.' The rupture within the grand old party became further clear after the MP told reporters in his constituency that he had not been invited to campaign for the Nilambur bypoll. He mentioned the 'misunderstandings' between the party and him and how, when he was abroad, 'they engaged in arguments without understanding what I had said'. Tharoor, who led a multi-party delegation for a five-nation visit, has irked the party by claiming that the Army had breached the Line of Control between India and Pakistan for the first time to 'conduct a surgical strike on a terror base, a launch pad… (after) the Uri strike in September 2016' and that it was 'something we had not done before'. The Congress hit back, reminding Tharoor about surgical strikes under the UPA government and suggesting that the BJP should name him 'super spokesperson'. Before he went on the tour, the Congress had been unhappy about his public comments since Operation Sindoor, and, in one instance, said he had crossed the 'lakshman rekha (red line)'.
NDTV
26-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
In Shashi Tharoor vs Congress, Now A "Birds Of Prey" Retort
New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor's journey with the Congress is becoming more awkward with each passing day. A day after Mr Tharoor put up a post on birds, ostensibly sending a message to his critics within the Congress, a party MP has hit back with a 'birds of prey' retort. Hours after a snub from party chief Mallikarjun Kharge over his recent praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr Tharoor yesterday posted a bird's photograph with a message. "Don't ask permission to fly. The wings are yours. And the sky belongs to no one," read the message that was seen as his response to detractors within the Congress. Today, Congress MP M Manickam Tagore, seen as close to the party leadership, posted what seemed like a message to Mr Tharoor. "Don't ask permission to fly. Birds don't need clearance to rise... But in today even a free bird must watch the skies-hawks, vultures, and 'eagles' are always hunting. Freedom isn't free, especially when the predators wear patriotism as feathers," he said. Don't ask permission to fly. Birds don't need clearance to rise… But in today even a free bird must watch the skies—hawks, vultures, and 'eagles' are always hunting. Freedom isn't free, especially when the predators wear patriotism as feathers. 🦅🕊️ #DemocracyInDanger … — Manickam Tagore .B🇮🇳மாணிக்கம் தாகூர்.ப (@manickamtagore) June 26, 2025 The post featured six predatory birds: Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, American Kestrel, Turkey Vulture and Great Horned Owl. The 'predator' reference is unmissable amid a buzz on whether Mr Tharoor would exit the Congress amid the widening rift and switch to the BJP, leaders of which have been praising him for a while. The former diplomat, who has a gift of the gab and a vocabulary that makes headlines, has trashed such speculation. Days back, amid the chatter over his praise for the Prime Minister in a newspaper article, Mr Tharoor had said he had only described the success of India's global outreach in the wake of the Pahalgam attack and India's counterstrike Operation Sindoor. The praise, he said, is "not a sign of my leaping to join the prime minister's party (the BJP) as some people unfortunately have been implying". Mr Tharoor has been articulating the Indian position in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor. The Congress, which assured full support to the Centre after the Pahalgam attack, later changed tack and asked the government to come clean on what led to the ceasefire and questioned what role the US played in it. Mr Tharoor's remarks, some of them endorsing the government's response, did not sit well with the Congress leadership. What widened the rift was the government choosing Mr Tharoor to lead one of the Indian delegations travelling abroad to convey New Delhi's stern message on terror. The Congress had not pushed Mr Tharoor's name for the delegation despite his experience as a diplomat. During his trip as head of the delegation, Congress leaders kept firing barbs at Mr Tharoor, prompting a response in which he said he had no time for this. Yesterday, in what was seen as the strongest snub at Mr Tharoor from the Congress leadership, Mr Kharge said it's "country first for us, but for some people, it's Modi first". "I can't read English well. His language is very good. That's why we have made him a Congress Working Committee member," the Congress president said. He added that in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, which left 26 innocents dead, the whole Opposition said it stands with the Army. "We said the country comes first, party later. Some people feel 'Modi first, country later'. What can we do?"
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Red-shouldered hawk set for release after 2 months of recovery
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Southwest and Central Virginia Wildlife Center will be releasing a red-shoulder Hawk back into the wild after being admitted as a patient on January 15, 2025. The Hawk was admitted as a patient after being hit by a vehicle, and after two months of recovery, a release will take place on Saturday, March 29, at Mayflower Hills Park in Roanoke at noon. All are welcome to attend. (Photo Credit: Southwest and Central Virginia Wildlife Center) SW Virginia Wildlife Center releasing Red-tailed Hawk on Roanoke River Greenway Red-shouldered Hawks are known for their unique loud, piercing call, which the center describes as a repeated 'kee-ah' sound, making them easily identifiable from other hawks. They have a reddish color on their shoulders with black and white checkered wings and a banded tail. However, unlike other hawks that prefer open fields to hunt, red-shouldered hawks usually thrive in forests near wetlands, swamps, and rivers. They hunt small mammals such as amphibians, and even crayfish. These hawks are monogamous and return to the same nesting site year after year and defend their territory from intruders. They also form alliances with American crows, which drive off their shared predators, such as the Great Horned Owls. They have also been adapted to suburban environments by nesting in the wooded neighborhoods and even hunt in backyard bird feeders where their prey is likely to gather. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
