Secretary bird

For those who have not seen this beautiful bird before. Very elegant looking with those black feathered pants and fluffy long whitish feathers.

This poor bird is new and wandering around Eagle encounters where it is being cared for. Some idiot shot at it with a pellet gun and damaged the left wing badly. You can see it hanging! It is destined to spend the rest of it's day here. I did not want to get too close and scare it away. The previous post was taken through the netting of their enclosure.

[tony gig]

Wonderful shot...

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful capture

[Annie D]

poor thing - impressive bird

[narayani]

People! 🤬 hope he is happy in his new home

[Brigette]

oh gosh that is cruel and awful. Sadly those people who hurt animals tend to be the same people who lack empathy and cause harm on people

[Steve Jacob]

Lovely bird but I would keep my distance too. I hear they have a kick that can kill a snake

[Kathy A]

Wow, I’ve never seen such skinny legs!

[Valerie Chesney]

I'm with Kathy @kjarn such long skinny legs..
How can anyone be so cruel...

[Desi]

What a great shot of this magnificent bird. The person who did the pellet gun shooting should be shot with a pellet gun himself to see how he likes it! Grrr. Makes me so angry when idiots do things like that

[Beryl Lloyd]

How cruel can some senseless humans be !!!!!!!!! So good he is now well cared for !

[Steve Chappell]

What a beautiful bird. People are so cruel, I hope they catch the person who shot him, shooting and torturing animals is really disgusting.

[Lou Ann]

So thankful for bird sanctuaries. Just such a beautiful bird.

[Julie Ryan]

Long legs!

[Mags]

Legs all the way up to the wing pits! LOL! Cool!

[Susan Wakely]

Great capture and so good that it has been rescued.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Cool bird!

[Shutterbug]

Very different looking bird. Love it’s interesting feather patterns and those pants. Glad it has found a safe place to retire.

[katy]

What a beautiful clear shot of him. I got a picture of one when I visited the Tarangire national park in Tanzania years ago but it was not as clear at all.

[Merrelyn]

Great shot of him.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

So cute.

[Heather]

A lovely shot of this handsome and most unusual bird. (Glad it is being cared for and protected from now...but how awful!) Fav

[Shepherdman's Wife]

fascinating bird

[gloria jones]

Incredible looking bird that looks like it is walking on stilts...neat shot

[Christina]

Ohh those legs - they look too spindly to hold the rest of the bird up! Am pleased it was saved and it will be well cared for

[George]

Wonderful detail and I love those legs.

[winghong_ho]

Good looking bird. Not sure if she could fly again.

[Rick]

Great shot. Maybe it's wing will get better.

[Diana]

@tonygig @joansmor @annied @narayani @brigette @stevejacob @kjarn @happysnaps @seacreature @beryl @swchappell @louannwarren @julie @marlboromaam @wakelys @dutchothotmailcom @shutterbug49 @grammyn @merrelyn @mittens @365projectorgheatherb @shepherdmanswife @seattlite @christinav @gaf005 @wh2021 @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments. favs and getting it on the tp. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@wh2021 @rickster549 The bones in the wing are all shattered and it will not be able to fly again. It has a good home in the bird sanctuary :-)

[Babs]

Isn't he a beauty. So sad, but at least he is being looked after. fav.

[Pam]

Beautiful shot. I cannot believe people do such evil things!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Diana]

@onewing @pamalama @elisasaeter Thanks so much :-)