Jonathmartinez

I guess that Booted Eagle would show feathered tarsus, and this bird clearly don't in one of the picture.
But agree that head and bill looks really massive for BK.

Jonathmartinez

Then buy a new screen :-)

More seriously, the tarsus to me looks very weak for Booted Eagle, and the rear tarsus on the left bottom picture won't show the same thickness on its all lenght if would be feathered, it would be something more conical with some feathers taken the wind, except if it has just been to beautician...

here the only pic of Booted eagle with exposed tarsus in flight (take-of I know) I found :
http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.p ... mp;picture_id=55061

same for Brahminy Kite :
http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... _ID=&pagesize=1

Jonathmartinez

I fully agree...I had the same impression after you raised this possibility this morning... even overall structure, like the rounded tail, bulky inner wings, overall shape...very disturbing...
Especially as probably given the actual distibution of Brahminy Kite, one or the other are having almost the similar degrees of probability to turn up in HK...
This one could maybe have been blown up from the Phillipines by recent Typhoons...