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RE: ID help

from [Robin Hide] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: RE: ID help
From: Robin Hide <>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:09:49 +0000

My thanks for all the expert COG advice - it’s a Spotted Harrier not a Swamp.

It lacks the white rump of the latter. And the plumage conforms to Spotted..as shown more clearly in this side shot-

 

 

 

 

Robin

 

From: Robin Hide [
Sent: Saturday, 30 November 2013 7:28 AM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] ID help

 

This raptor was hunting low over wheat fields just out of Harden yesterday - snapped from car window.

Am I right in thinking it’s likely to be  a Swamp Harrier? (from flying/hunting mode, colouring, wingtips, legs etc)

Thanks,

Robin Hide

 

 

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