Category Archives: Raptors

Gyr Falcon: Grey Morph

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Answer: Spot the Arctic Bird Yes it was a tad tricky. Well done to all who braved having a go. Hopefully you had a laugh too, at least at some of the wry comments. And the answer? Circled: an adult … Continue reading →

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Taxonomical notes : Lesser Kestrel is really monotypic?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

With these “taxonomical notes” I want to launch a series of notes and thoughts about some problem related to the taxonomy of Western Palearctic birds, addressing some conundrums which have not yet been studied in detail or did not get … Continue reading →

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calidus Peregrine

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

Photographed yesterday at Urim, NW Negev, Israel. Perched on the famous powerline – hotspot for large falcons. calidus are regular in winter in Israel, mainly in the NW Negev. Juveniles are tricky, similar to Lanner and barbary. But adults like … Continue reading →

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José Luis Copete – Top Team Moments 2012

Posted on December 15, 2012 by

My best moment of birding 2012? I already know it: finding a Philippine Eagle with Dani López-Velasco. We flushed it incidentally when passing below the tree it was sitting, going down from top of Mt Kitanglad in March. The bird flew above the … Continue reading →

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Tormod Amundsen – Top Team Moments 2012

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

Such a difficult choice! Allthough I have seen them in thousands over and over again, both Stellers´and King Eiders are simply breathtaking birds. I feel really spoiled when seeing the clusters of Stellers Eider from my office window. Then there … Continue reading →

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How many morphs do we know for Atlas Long-legged Buzzard?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

How many morphs do we know for Atlas Long-legged Buzzard? – Andrea Corso In all the available field guides, but also on major work such as Cramp & Simmons (1980) there are no mention neither illustrations of any other plumage … Continue reading →

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Asian Black-shouldered Kite

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

Agamon Park, Hula Valley Elanus caeruleus vociferus  ’Evil Red Eyes’ typed into the Google search engine brings up these images. Just like the piercing ruby eyes of the Black-shouldered Kite. Those eyes, deep-set in black furrows, on the side of triangular Owl-like head, … Continue reading →

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Your Comments are Needed by 30th November!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Saving our Moorland Birds This is your opportunity to influence The National Trust’s High Peak Moors Vision and Plan Project.  Local to us in Sheffield and highly vulnerable to mis-management of the countryside (e.g. see here), much of the Moorland is owned by the … Continue reading →

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SOME NOTES ON IRANIAN SHIKRA IDENTIFICATION

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

SOME NOTES ON IRANIAN SHIKRA IDENTIFICATION Andrea Corso – MISC Very scarce information are available on the identification of Iranian Shikra Accipiter badius in the Western Palearctic with nothing reported neither on the main raptors’ book for this area, the … Continue reading →

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