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Allen
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鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite?
« on: Aug 25th, 2005, 12:04am » |
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24/8/2005 Shing Mun Sorry for tiny shadow image. Can anyone id this raptor, pls tell. Thanks advance.
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Re: Raptor ID, sorry for tiny shadow image
« Reply #1 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 8:19am » |
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The shape of the head and tail look like an Oriental Honey Buzzard to me
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Re: 鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite
« Reply #2 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 2:37pm » |
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Does look like Honey Buzzard... But given location, time and the quality and angle of photo, I think the possibility of Black-eared Kite should be considered as well... Also note the sharpness of the wing (angle possible, but still sharp at Primaries) and hint of crescent on the dark underwing, suggestive of the Kite.
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Allen
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Re: 鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite
« Reply #3 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 6:52pm » |
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Thanks Pippen and Koel. During watching, my friends and me are sure it was not Black-eared Kite. The curve/round shape of its tail looked like as that of Common Buzzard.
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Re: 鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite
« Reply #4 on: Aug 30th, 2005, 10:43pm » |
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It's an interesting photograph but you need to bear in mind that at this time of the year many Black-eared Kites are moulting. When they moult their tail feathers, B-eared Kites can appear very confusing, as they can totally lose their fork-tailed appearance and appear very much as they do in the photograph. I saw a B-eared Kite with a similar looking tail at Ma On Shan three weeks back. dave diskin
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