Re: Raptor near the beginning of the main Canberra International Airport runway (across the road in Pictureresque Pialligo)

["Philip Veerman" <>]

No it is not a Whistling Kite, inasmuch as we can tell from out of focus pictures. There is evidence of barring on the tail, reddish chest colours, tail is short, square to rounded (not very rounded), it has head markings, short legs, wing tips are not separated enough and body is too solid looking. All rule out Whistling Kite. Little Eagle is only match and more common here anyway.

 

Note that I indicated the birds were not the same ones before getting your message that there was a time gap between these.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Schranz [
Sent: Friday, 11 July 2014 3:34 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Re: Raptor near the beginning of the main Canberra International Airport runway (across the road in Pictureresque Pialligo)

Hi Feathered folk

There was about a 20 minute gap between the two sets of photos and I just discovered evidence (2 distant possibly feathered specks in a photo) of more than one (non-metal) bird in the air - so i suspect I shot two different raptors. Is the (first or) second set definitely not a Whistling Kite? The wing shapes look different - though as with planes those are dynamic structures. 

Adios

Harold

PS Nice photos kym. 

On Friday, 11 July 2014, David Cook <> wrote:

Harold, looks like a Little Eagle to me.

 

David

 

From: m("gmail.com')","_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','harold.schranz");;" target=_blank>Harold Schranz

Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 2:47 PM

To: m("canberrabirds.org.au')","_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','canberrabirds");;" target=_blank>Canberra Birds

Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Raptor near the beginning of the main Canberra International Airport runway (across the road in Pictureresque Pialligo)

 

Hi Avian Aficionados

Discovered a few more photos in my collection - likely of the same raptor a few minutes later (happily gaining a lot of height).

Collage: https://db.tt/S6Gblpgg (using zoom from 30X to 200X)

Photo 1: https://db.tt/65YA3VLQ (double sized crop of 30X zoom)

Photo 2: https://db.tt/SV2yRPpn (double sized crop of 40X zoom)

I guess it doesn't much resemble an adult Black-shouldered Kite - but I'm not familiar with how young Kite's look. 8-)

Harold

PS The Email ("chatline") mailer is beyond lame! 8-(

On 9 July 2014 19:00, Philip Veerman <m("pcug.org.au')","_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pveerman");;" target=_blank>> wrote:

It is a young Black-shouldered Kite. Maybe the reason you are not sure is that young birds are largely brown, adults are white grey & black.

 

Philip

 

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