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Lesser Spotted Eagle
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 2:47 pm
by Lisbeth
With those mixed colours on the breast can it be a Tawny Eagle? Does not look like one
Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:09 pm
by Flutterby
Looks more like a buzzard to me.

Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:58 pm
by Lisbeth
Also to me, but the Steppe Buzzard has this kind of "necklace" on the chest and striped flanks
It also has a barred tail.
Brown birds, big or small .........

Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:31 pm
by Lisbeth
Maybe a Wahlberg's Eagle?
Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:15 pm
by graham
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:31 pm
I have considered that one too. I am still
Maybe a Wahlberg's Eagle?
Why not a Lesser Spotted Eagle?
Eye colour and nostrils match. Legs are difficult to see but look like they might be tightly feathered.
Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:03 pm
by Lisbeth
Isn't the gape too short

and the tail is not rounded......I think
It does look as if it has thin leggings

Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:46 pm
by graham
Going purely by the shape of the nostril which one can see clearly, it is Lesser Spotted or Wahlberg's but the eye colour is wrong for Wahlberg's. Hence Lesser Spotted.
Really need another picture to confirm.
Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:24 pm
by Lisbeth
Here it shows the leggings, rounded tail and no bars, which the Wahlberg's have. In the other pic the colour of the eyes

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