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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Raptor in Mai Po.
        
(Message started by: 容姨姨 on Oct 24^th, 2005, 11:14pm)

Title: Raptor in Mai Po.
Post by 容姨姨 on Oct 24^th, 2005, 11:14pm

Anyone knows what is this?
Thanks.

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/leekaiyuen/leekaiyuen009.jpg
http://www.ec-photo.com/438004-1/_L7N1675BWS.jpg

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/leekaiyuen/leekaiyuen010.jpg
http://www.ec-photo.com/438006-1/_L7N1676BWS.jpg

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/leekaiyuen/leekaiyuen011.jpg
http://www.ec-photo.com/438008-1/_L7N1680BWS.jpg

Title: Re: Raptor in Mai Po.
Post by Mike Kilburn on Oct 25^th, 2005, 12:57am

I think this is a juvenile Pied Harrier. Please refer to comments by Paul Leader on other recent postings, but if I am right the key features are:

1. dark slender body
2. on underwing primaries are silver with black barring

Cheers
Mike K

Title: Re: Raptor in Mai Po.
Post by Paul Leader on Oct 25^th, 2005, 9:18am

I agree, another juvenile Pied, but different to the bird photographed by Felixcat, which makes at least six different individuals in and around Mai Po in the past month.

Note also the small and very neat rump patch.