HKBWS BBS 香 港 觀 鳥 會 新 聞 組    Discussion Area 討論區    Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 (Moderators: BBS Moderators, Yat-tung YU)    HARRIER ID Please help ... Thanks « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: HARRIER ID Please help ... Thanks  (Read 719 times) pt BBS Member BBS Full Member I love bird watching!     Posts: 38 HARRIER ID Please help ... Thanks « on: Oct 11th, 2004, 8:52am » Quote Modify EOS10D + 300mm 10-06-2004 Hunan               Logged John Holmes BBS Member BBS God     Posts: 103 Re: HARRIER ID Please help ... Thanks « Reply #1 on: Oct 15th, 2004, 3:21pm » Quote Modify I think it is a female Hen Harrier.      The underwings are more heavily barred than, for example, Eastern Marsh Harrier, and the white "Ring Tail" is a distinctive feature, shown clearly on the fourth photo.   "Birds of Hong Kong" by Viney, Lam and Phillipps goes into quite a lot of detail concerning local Harrier identification.   Where in Hunan did you take the photos ?  Any other good birds there ?   John Logged http://johnjemi.hkbirds.net/ pt BBS Member BBS Full Member I love bird watching!     Posts: 38 Re: HARRIER ID Please help ... Thanks « Reply #2 on: Oct 19th, 2004, 10:52am » Quote Modify Many thanks.   These photos were taken in Linwu, Hunan.     People lived in Linwu told us that there are many birds there during bird migrate. Birds often bumped to some building with light when weather is bad such as a foggy night. We went to there from Oct 1 to Oct 6 and the weather is very fine. We saw few bird there Perhaps we went to wrong site. « Last Edit: Oct 19th, 2004, 10:52am by pt » Logged Michael_Leven BBS Member BBS Junior Member     Posts: 28 Re: HARRIER ID Please help ... Thanks « Reply #3 on: Oct 19th, 2004, 5:54pm » Quote Modify I think that this is a Pied Harrier juvenile.   Reasons are the strongly chestnut underparts. This is a feature of juvenile Pied rather than Hen Harrier in Eurasia, though confusingly it does occur in the North American race of Hen.   The  uppertail coverts are white which would fit either hen or Pied (rather than Marsh) but quite narrow which points more to Pied.   The silvery tone to the primaries on the underwing is a good feature of Pied, Hen tends to show a more even underwing colour (ie not such a contrast between primaries and secondaries.   Great photos worth publishing somewhere?   Mike Leven   Logged Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Announcement 簡訊通告 -----------------------------  - Membership Affair 會員事務   - Outings / Activities 戶外活動 / 講座   - Projects 項目計劃   - Crested Bulbul Club 紅耳鵯俱樂部 ----------------------------- Discussion Area 討論區 -----------------------------  - General 一般問題   - Conservation 自然保育 => Bird Identification 鳥類辨識   - Birding Reports & Tips 觀鳥報告及心得   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 I   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 II ----------------------------- Special Topics 特別主題 -----------------------------  - Wild Birds & Avian Flu 野鳥與禽流感   - Sustainable Management Scheme in Long Valley 塱原可持續生態管理計劃   - Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺   - Goodbye Penfold 告別彭福   - Tern Conservation 燕鷗保育   - Black-eared Kite 鳶(麻鷹)   - Swifts and Swallows 燕與雨燕   - China Birdwatching Network 中國觀鳥活動網絡   - Winter Altas Survey 冬季鳥類普查   - Nature Conservation Policy 自然保育政策 ----------------------------- Knowledge Sharing 知識分享 -----------------------------  - FAQ 常見問題   - Archive 資料重溫 « Previous topic | Next topic »

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