The Crested Serpent Eagle( CSE in short ) is a medium sized bird of prey and is found in the forested habitat including Delhi where I reside. More than fifty years back , on 6th March 1967 when I joined house namely Garuda House, as a student in Sainik School Balachadi Jamnagar in the State of Gujarat ,i saw the logo of my house “Eagle with a snake in the talon” on a painting on the walls of the ante room. At that time who could have visualized that in the time to come i would be a nature and wildlife lover and would be the first person to shoot a Crested serpent Eagle feeding on a Burmese Python,in the jungles of Dudhwa National Park,in December 2011.