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Re: Need ID of bird by silhouette please

Subject: Re: Need ID of bird by silhouette please
From: "Doug Von Gausig" dougvg
Date: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:42 am ((PDT))
At 09:17 AM 6/28/2010, you wrote:
>
>
>Hawks can be tough at the best of times - this is outstandingly
>difficult! However, if you think it may have been a vulture, then it
>could be a Black Vulture, since they have very stubby tails.
>
>That's my best guess, and it really is just a guess.
>
>Ray
>
>On 6/28/2010 12:03, Thomas Ashcraft wrote:
> >
> > Maybe someone here can help me with a bird identification, (although
> > there is no sound accompaniment in this case).

I think the perspective from which we see the bird is foreshortening the
tail - he's flying away from us, so the whole bird looks shorter than it
is. The dihedral still makes me thing TUVU.

Doug

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