Id Help please

["Philip Veerman" <>]

No, sorry Bob and Julie, it is absolutely a Black Kite. Here is the same photo lightened up a bit.

 

It has a forked (not square) tail, the dark face mask is distinctive of Black Kite, as is the almost no barring on wings, generally dark all over with no very different pale areas, no dark tip to tail, no pale face.

 

PHILIP

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rusk [
Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2014 8:46 PM
To: Julie Clark; COG Chatline
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Id Help please

Hi Julie

Its a Square-tailed Kite. these are becoming more common  in the south of the state, The big ID points are ,of course, the square tail,plus the pale head and the "white mirrors" under the wings. Its seen usually flying low over the tops of trees and sectioning one area at a time, The last snap shows all the points to look for.

Bob

On Thursday, 30 October 2014, 20:12, Julie Clark <> wrote:

Hi All,

I have just spent a couple of days in Deniliquin and spotted quite a few raptors.

The attached photos are all the same bird and my best Id is a Black Kite, but I have extremely limited knowledge of raptors, so help with the id would be much appreciated. (photos not good!)

I have lightened the photos to better see the detail ... the bird was large and was dark in overall colour, with the head appearing a little lighter.

Many thanks

Julie

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 Black Kite?? Deniliquin

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Julie Clark

 

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