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    VERRAUX, Verraux exciting

    Nov 16, 2020 2 minutes
    (Photo Andrew Jenkins)

    For me, the highlight of any hike in the Cape Peninsula is a sighting of the last pair of Verreauxʼs eagles that call this mountain range home. These spectacular birds of prey are unmistakable, having jet black plumage except for a white rump and V-shape on the back. Theyʼre enormous birds, with a wingspan of two metres or more, and weigh in at

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