New Guinea Eagle, adult T-Shirt

New Guinea Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguinea). As the sun sets across the Island of New Guinea, listen carefully. From a distance, you might hear this majestic bird call out. The wind will take the unseen volume further, as the Eagle surveys its territories. Far from any town or city, the sound will pass the shorelines, beyond scrub lands, savanna and riverine gallery forests. The plaintive cry extends further, where untamed jungle and forest become one. Their voices carry to the sentinel hills that guard imposing mountains. As the elevations ascend, as high as 3,700 meters, or 12,139.11 feet in altitude, the sound finally diminishes. This solitary raptor, alone unless accompanied by a mate, favors the hours when the last rays of light are gone. Between sunset and twilight, the crepuscule is their time to explore shadow zones, among the corridors of trees. In flight, they stay close to the upper canopy. They shun the open spaces of meadows, preferring the sanctuary of brush and obscuring branches. From station to station, 1 branch after another, they survey the prospects. Two nations have interests in New Guinea. The Provinces of Papua and Western New Guinea are inclusive to the archipelago of the Republic of Indonesia. The entire Eastern sector is the British Commonwealth Realm of Papua New Guinea, recognized as the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. New Guinea Eagles disregard geopolitical boundaries. This island is their homeland, and always will be. The illustration presents an adult. William Hart was commissioned by John Gould to create the portrait. Upon seeing the finished result, Mr. Gould was quite pleased. ** This bird is also known as the New Guinea Harpy Eagle, or Papuan Eagle.