Sunday, October 13, 2013

Buzzard - Honey Buzzard debate

After all the comments on Steves buzzard species I emailed renowned raptor expert Dick Forsman and this is his reply. Hi Nick, It is indeed a juv Common Buzzard, as clearly shown by pale breast-band and light median underwing coverts contrasting against darker lesser. best regards, Dick

4 comments:

Andrew Huyton said...

Good move Nick, nice to tie it up and great to be able to access the knowledge of such an renowned expert.

AndyC said...

Nice one Nick and Steve for this great thread....

Steve Blacksmith said...
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Steve Blacksmith said...

I've got to defer to the experts, and thank everyone who treated my observations with respect.