OK, let me be first and crude. This is a
Little Eagle. The short tail and underwing ‘M’ pattern say that to me. Looks just
like one of the pair I saw about 4 weeks ago near Kelly’s Swamp. As to age and
gender, real birdos can take over now.
Stephen
From:
Julian Robinson [
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2007 5:51 PM
To: canberrabirds- chatline
Subject: [canberrabirds] An
unusual bird?
I was fortunate to obtain this beautifully illuminated underwing
photograph of this bird. I know what it is by context, but would be v
interested if the experts could say how they'd go about identifying it, and
what exact ID would they give it in terms of age/gender/morph etc., or even the
limits on what can be determined on a sighting like this. There's nothing
in my guides that would help me much by plumage so what I'd like to know is
what would make the experienced birdo say "ah that's a ... because of
..."
Julian
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