This is a black Kite Author: Stonechat Time: 27/09/2010 20:31
thanks a lot...暉仔 Author: tsheunglai Time: 27/09/2010 20:38 Subject: A pied harrier?
Dear Stonechat
Though your photo is a bit blurred, it nevertheless affords identification which I am of the
opinion that it is an Eastern marsh harrier for the following reasons:
Structurally, it is wide-winged and proportionally the tail looks a bit short
for a pied.
It is probably a juvenile male for showing no pale rump and and no sharp underwing primary base
contrast which for a pied should be whitish with black towards tips instead of buffy with black
outer part.
So I takes it to be a Eastern marsh harrier.
S L Tai Author: tsheunglai Time: 27/09/2010 20:48 Subject: correction of judgement
Dear Stonechat
I'm a bit misled by your thinking that it's a harrier.
That tail tells everything. The bill shape and upper wing pattern also point towards it being
a black-eared kite.
I've just realized how new-handed I'm at photographic identification of birds!
S L Tai Author: Stonechat Time: 28/09/2010 09:51
thanks a lot...tsheunglai...
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