Paux

Time : Aug to Sept 2015 (about 4 weeks)
Areas visited : mainly scenic areas at N. Xinjiang on a self-driving sight-seeing trip
Golden Eagle (adult & sub-adult)金鵰 @ Sayram Lake 賽里木湖

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The place where these 2 eagles appeared in the sky :

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A view of Sayram Lake

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Himalayan Griffon 高山兀鷲 @ a canyon at Ili 伊黎

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The canyon at where the griffon flew over our car

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Long-legged Buzzard 棕尾鵟

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A different LLB

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Upland Buzzard 大鵟

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Eurasian Sparrowhawk 雀鷹

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End. Thanks for viewing. More photos of birds other than raptors will be posted in a new thread.

HFCheung

The second eagle is an adult Steppe Eagle, not Golden Eagle. Not the lightly-barred flight feathers.
HF Cheung

Paux

Fai Gor, thanks for your correction.
Initially, when I spotted these 2 eagles above the mountain, they clashed in the sky for a short while.