Tim Dolby wrote:
* Possible Black Falcon at the pratincole site at Austin Rd - very dark
(black) bird, large, a strong distinctive flight with broad
shoulders, but unconvinced about the leg length - perhaps too long?
One of the key features of the Black Falcon (when you get a good look at
one in flight) is the long tail. It really sticks out a fair way! ...
and this contrasts it strongly with a silhouetted Peregrine for example.
Brown Falcons even in their darkest plumage variants just don't fly
like real falcons.
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