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Big Flappy Raptor Things

Big Flappy Raptor Things


Postby Caberfeidh » Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:12 am

I'm not very good at identifying raptors; can anyone suggest what these are? Seen one sunny but cold and breezy afternoon in the west highlands last weekend.
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Buzzard?


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Osprey?


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Kite?


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Peregrine?


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Vulture?


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Lammergier?


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Condor


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Boneknapper Dragon?


Let the discussion commence! :)
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Re: Big Flappy Raptor Things

Postby Mal Grey » Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:21 am

Ah plenty of variations of the genus Tourist Eagle.

:wink:


I think the last one is actually an archaeopteryx, or at least its great-granddaddy might have been, but I could be wrong.
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Re: Big Flappy Raptor Things

Postby KatTai » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:19 am

:shock: Look like thunderbirds to me (not the puppet variety!)! Lock away your children!
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Re: Big Flappy Raptor Things

Postby teaandpies » Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:35 pm

Burds, definitely burds.
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Re: Big Flappy Raptor Things

Postby Water Gypsy » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:43 pm

Sparrow?
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Re: Big Flappy Raptor Things

Postby Yorjick » Thu May 11, 2017 4:06 pm

I would have said almost certainly a buzzard. The wings do not look long enough for an eagle. The main ways of distinguishing between buzzards and eagles are their size which can be difficult to tell if they are high in the sky and location. Mountains ( you tend not to see buzzards in the heart of the northern Cairngorms) - more likely an eagle. Glens and farmland - more likely a buzzard.

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Common birds of prey in flight: 1: Kestrel hovering - only kestrels hover for any length of time; 2: Kestrel gliding - note slender, pointed wings, long tail and slender body; 3: Peregrine - note heavier body, stouter wings and slightly shorter tail than kestrel; 4: Buzzard - large bird with short rounded tail and broad wings, usually with 'fingers' of primary feathers; 5: Sparrowhawk - much smaller than buzzard with short, rounded wings and conspicuously long tail.
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Re: Big Flappy Raptor Things

Postby Robinho08 » Fri Jun 23, 2017 1:02 pm

With the finger like wing tips I think Photos 1 and 5 could be goldies, I thought the others are more buzzard like. I'm not an expert mind you. :?
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