rincew1nd
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Post by rincew1nd on Aug 9, 2012 23:02:34 GMT
Something slightly different for you all today: Question: Identify the station(s) and type of bird(s) (click for a larger version)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2012 0:08:23 GMT
Red kites ? for the birds.
Andy
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Post by melikepie on Aug 10, 2012 0:50:37 GMT
Somewhere where I can weald my harrow
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castlebar
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Post by castlebar on Aug 10, 2012 6:31:29 GMT
Buzzard
(Red kites completely different shaped tails)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2012 7:51:49 GMT
Flying a kite! -Kings Cross? XF
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Post by phillw48 on Aug 10, 2012 8:29:14 GMT
Kings Cross+1, The bird is a Bald Eagle.
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Post by grahamhewett on Aug 10, 2012 10:11:39 GMT
The bird is definitely a kite - the trailing wing tips are diagnostic, but as castlebar says, the tail isn't forked enough for a red kite - so maybe a black kite where the tail is much less forked. (Buzzards in flight tend to have fan tails so that's an unlikely option). given kites' (only red, tho') predeliction for the Chilterns, I'd look for a station well north of Harrow.
GH
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castlebar
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Post by castlebar on Aug 10, 2012 10:43:55 GMT
grahamhewettThere are ordinary buzzards, and different sorts of buzzards. The birds shewn are the very rare Arundel buzzards which are a different sort of buzzard and keep their tails "tidy" unlike ordinary common buzzards. Arundel buzzards wouldn't be seen with their tails wide open. How common!!
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Post by grahamhewett on Aug 10, 2012 11:52:49 GMT
castlebar - Those would be the species buteo gracilis arundelensis, then, not buteo vulgaris officinalis, but are they good to eat? GH
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Post by castlebar on Aug 10, 2012 13:20:37 GMT
grahamhewettI think it proves that in Arundel, we have a higher class of bird, with the exception of my ex-wife.
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Post by rincew1nd on Aug 10, 2012 23:40:20 GMT
According to my answer card: Red Kite above Reading, July 2012 [Glyn] (click for a larger version) No correct guesses for the main location, so here's a clue: (click for a larger version)
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Post by oe on Aug 11, 2012 7:45:11 GMT
Plaistow
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Post by Chris M on Aug 11, 2012 8:26:57 GMT
Plaistow - exterior of footbridge [Chris M] (click for a larger version)
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