crested serpent eagles still-hunt from a perch, waiting for up to long periods of time before descending to the ground and snatching their prey. Most of their diet, as their name would indicate, is made up of snakes. While roaming in a vehicle inside a tiger reserve in India, found this medium sized raptor, on the ground, quite close to us. she was scouting for snakes and lizards and was not bothered of our presence near by - giving me the time to get this close up of her.