Aerial raid of skinhead eagle

The small starling bird has no chance of escaping when the starving eagle attacks it in midair. This interesting set of photos shows the spectacular aerial raid that helps large birds catch the target in minutes.

The stone flute is not a bit defensive, it does not know the ferocious eagle is right behind.

In a few seconds the eagle is very close, its beak almost grazes the tail of a small bird.

In that brief moment, the predator's claws flung towards the prey.

Photographer Rob Palmer took these photos in Colorado, USA. The 56-year-old man from Littleton said at first he noticed a group of eagles parked on the tree, then he discovered they were catching rock flutes and screaming birds.

Rob Palmer said for more than 10 days he had seen at least 50 rock flutes caught and eaten. This happens on a height of 30–150m. Rob was fascinated by the scene and said that as a photographer, he only dreamed of witnessing such wild scenes.

The stone flute was caught in midair.

Skinhead eagles live in North America, adults can reach nearly 1m long and have wingspan of up to 2.5m.

This predatory bird mainly eats fish, but also eats many small mammals such as rabbits to larger ones like large blue herons.

Its claws were so strong that it caught the prey weighing about 7kg. The speed of skinhead eagles can reach 70 km / h and when diving, fishing is much faster at 160 km / h.