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Afrikaans: Gesig op 'n Witkruisarendnes by die Roodekrans, langs die Witpoortjie-waterval in Walter Sisulu Nasionale Botaniese Tuin. Ten tye van die foto in Desember 2015 was dit een van twee neste, die tweede, nuwe nes was 'n paar meter hoër teen die krans. Die territorium se arendspaar was wyfie Emonyeni en haar derde lewensmaat, Thulani. Emonyeni was meer as 46 jaar oud in 2015, aangesien sy in 1970 haar opwagting gemaak het. Vroeër in 2015 het hulle 'n kuiken in hierdie "onderste nes" grootgemaak, wat hul laaste sou wees. Emonyeni het in April 2016 verdwyn, nadat sy saam met 'n derde arend, miskien 'n jonger wyfie, opgemerk is, en daar was geen broeipoging daardie jaar nie. Die dinamika van haar vertrek word nie verstaan nie.[1]
Voor 1994 het slegs hierdie "onderste nes" bestaan, en die destydse broeipaar was wyfie Emonyeni en haar tweede lewensmaat, Quatele. Die waterval se sproei het soms hierdie nes bereik – die moontlike oorsaak van sommige kuikens se dood. In 1994 is die onderste nes in 'n tweede en geslaagde broeisiklus benut, en weer in 'n tweede maar mislukte siklus in 1996. Broeipogings in albei neste het in 2002 misluk, en broei in die boonste nes is dan gestaak totdat Emonyeni in 2016 verdwyn het. Die onderste nes is van 2003 tot 2015 uitsluitlik gebruik. Dit is in Maart 2018 deur reën weggespoel, toe die nuwe wyfie, Makatsa, reeds 'n nuwe nes gebou het.[1]
English: View of a Verreaux's eagle nest at the Roodekrans, beside Witpoortjie Waterfall in Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden. At the time of the photo in December 2015 it was one of two nests, the second, newer nest was a few meters higher against the cliff face. The resident eagle pair consisted of female Emonyeni and her third breeding partner, Thulani. Emonyeni was over 46 years old in 2015, as she arrived in 1970. Earlier in 2015 they had raised a chick in this "bottom nest", which was to be their last. Emonyeni disappeared in April 2016, after she was seen flying with a third eagle, perhaps a younger female, and there was no breeding attempt that year. The dynamics of her departure are not understood.[1]
Prior to 1994 only the "bottom nest" existed, and the breeding pair then consisted of female Emonyeni and her second partner Quatele. Spray from the falls was sometimes blown into this nest, possibly the cause of death of some chicks. The bottom nest was utilized in a second and successful breeding cycle in 1994, and a second but unsuccessful breeding cycle in 1996. The lower nest was used exclusively from 2003 to 2015. It was washed away by rains in March 2018, by which time the new female, Makatsa, had built a new nest.[1]
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