(Poland) Which eagle? (1 Viewer)

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cheekykev

Well-known member

• Aug 30, 2007

• #1

Any help on this one would be gratefully appreciated we need it for our website - bird can't go on there without a 100% id!

Seen on August 12th 2007. Above some fish ponds / meadows in eastern Poland (Korczew to be precise).

 

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rob stoff

Well-known member

• Aug 30, 2007

• #2

Marsh harrier

Rob

 

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cheekykev

Well-known member

• Aug 30, 2007

• #3

Cheers - not an eagle then! That'll teach us not to focus too much on the beak and let it hypnotise us...

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Aug 30, 2007

• #4

Marsh Harrier female/juvenile

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Aug 30, 2007

• #5

I'm just struggling a little with the apparently large distance between the dark eye area and the dark tip of the bill. It's probably me, but I'd like to see this 'gap' shorter - to my uneducated eye it looks eagle-ish from this one pic. Do we have anymore Kev?

 

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lostinjapan

Well-known member

• Aug 31, 2007

• #6

It does look like a female or immature Marsh Harrier, though as Tim notes it has a very Eagleish like head..except for that pale crown.

 

StuartReeves

Local rarity

• Aug 31, 2007

• #7

Any of the possible eagle species would show a shorter tail and more 'fingers' at the wingtip than this Marsh Harrier.

 

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HH75

Well-known member

• Aug 31, 2007

• #8

Most likely a juvenile Marsh Harrier as well, explaining the relatively dark brown underparts.

 

Dave Hall

Bumbling Bears

• Aug 31, 2007

• #9

Hi The bird in your photo is a Marsh-harrier

 

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Graham Howard Shortt

• Aug 31, 2007

• #10

Marsh Harrier - it's not an aquiline gape-line - it's pale feathering, as also visible on this bird: http://www.blueskybirds.co.uk/photos/marshharrier190506j.jpg

Graham