exhilarating first experience of bird migration, please would you help ID these raptors?
no.1 ~ is this HB a dark morph adult male, or one of Forsman's "old females"? looks pretty fresh! 8 September
nos. 2,3 ~ HB juvenile? it appeared alone on a stormy morning. 10 September
no. 4 ~ pale adult male HB? but the dark lines extending into the normally pale hand of males? 10 September
no. 5 ~ a juvenile? body and head look CB, but hardly any barring evident, no darkening along flight feathers. striking lace-like tail quills. 13 September
no.1 ~ is this HB a dark morph adult male, or one of Forsman's "old females"? looks pretty fresh! 8 September
nos. 2,3 ~ HB juvenile? it appeared alone on a stormy morning. 10 September
no. 4 ~ pale adult male HB? but the dark lines extending into the normally pale hand of males? 10 September
no. 5 ~ a juvenile? body and head look CB, but hardly any barring evident, no darkening along flight feathers. striking lace-like tail quills. 13 September
