In working on my eagle project, I decided to move to forest eagles since they challenge the mesh of my model the most-- hence making it possible to implement changes before I finalize the cr2/model... Hopefully, I'll get this project done in time so people will have a little time to use it in the "Open Rendering Season Contest" (which started yesterday and closes March 31st). A big thank-you to Renderosity for being a sponsor! The Ornate Hawk-eagle is found from east Colombia, east through Venezuela and prefers humid rainforests below 1800 meters. This is a near-threatened species with less than 50,000 adult individuals left. This species is suspected to lose 40% of suitable habitat within its distribution over three generations (56 years) based on a model of Amazonian deforestation. Although the species is susceptible to hunting, it can survive in fragmented landscapes. Based on these projections, scientists expect a decline by 25-29% over three generations. Prey species have included little blue herons, curassows, toucans, wood quail, pigeons, macaws, parrots, cotingas, chickens, and even a black vulture. Mammals are also significant prey, with agoutis, squirrels, rats, procyonids, and monkeys often taken. While this eagle is no larger than a hawk, it can take a prey up to 5 times its own weight. Rendered in Poser 2014 Game Developer without any post work. Model included Trees (DinoRaul/Renderosity), Palenque Ruins (DAZ), Skydome (Flink/Renderosity), Flock Formations and Songbird Remix Birds of Prey IV: Eagles of the World (Ken Gilliland/Hivewire 3D).