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Tourist Eagle

Tourist Eagle

Postby JFT_96 » Sun Oct 13, 2019 1:59 pm

I was on Mull last week and spotted this Buzzard using the wind to hover whilst looking for its lunch

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Re: Tourist Eagle

Postby Mal Grey » Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:33 pm

Lovely, they are beautiful birds.

I feel sorry for them in a way, as most people are "disappointed" to see them in the Highlands, hoping for the non-tourist variety of eagle!
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Re: Tourist Eagle

Postby lexyz22 » Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:49 pm

JFT_96 wrote:I was on Mull last week and spotted this Buzzard using the wind to hover whilst looking for its lunch

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Wow, spectacular!
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Re: Tourist Eagle

Postby darrenhuston » Thu Nov 07, 2019 6:31 am

Really nice pictures, specially the fourth one.
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