Raptor Pasir Ris Singapore (1 Viewer)

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Sunbird24

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• Jul 2, 2016

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Seen in March, at first I thought Kite but the tail suggests Sea-eagle could it be a young one?

 

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Arsenal Birder

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #2

Brahminy kite for me.

 

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Sunbird24

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #3

Never seen any Brahminy Kites with a wedge shaped dark tail! They have notched very pale tails.

 

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Grahame Walbridge

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #4

Sunbird24 said:

Never seen any Brahminy Kites with a wedge shaped dark tail! They have notched very pale tails.

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The bird is a heavily worn sub-adult in moult. The outer rectrices appear to growing while the inner ones are very heavily worn/broken.

Grahame

 

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Sunbird24

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #5

Thanks for the explanation Grahame

 

Arsenal Birder

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #6

Sunbird24 said:

Never seen any Brahminy Kites with a wedge shaped dark tail! They have notched very pale tails.

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Don't ask for help if you don't want the correct answer! Ignorance is often blissful.

 

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Sunbird24

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #7

I feel those who give helpful answers to be far more helpful than those with one or two word answers with no explanation. Remember even experts get it wrong sometimes, Nobody is perfect.

 

Arsenal Birder

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #8

Sunbird24 said:

I feel those who give helpful answers to be far more helpful than those with one or two word answers with no explanation. Remember even experts get it wrong sometimes, Nobody is perfect.

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I am not an expert. As a fellow birder you asked for id help and I took the trouble to help you. If you are confusing wt eagle with Brahminy you are clearly a novice, so your "attitude" surprises me. I reiterate; you asked for help and you didn't like the answer I gave. I won't bother in the future as people like are best left ignorant IMHO. I suggest you buy a basic guide book.

 

birdboybowley

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• Jul 2, 2016

• #9

It'll be White-bellied Sea-Eagle that he's confusing it with and to be fair, size apart, the two imms of the species can look fairly similar. So relax boys.....:smoke:

 

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Sunbird24

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• Jul 2, 2016

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Had you bothered to read what I first wrote "I thought Kite but the tail suggests Sea-eagle" instead of just giving a name you could have given an explanation as to why a Kite has a tail like a Sea Eagle as Grahame did. I have lived with both for more than 50 years but never seen one like that before, hence my question. I should perhaps throw away my guide books as none of them show a bird like that.

 

Arsenal Birder

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• Jul 2, 2016

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Sunbird24 said:

Had you bothered to read what I first wrote "I thought Kite but the tail suggests Sea-eagle" instead of just giving a name you could have given an explanation as to why a Kite has a tail like a Sea Eagle as Grahame did. I have lived with both for more than 50 years but never seen one like that before, hence my question. I should perhaps throw away my guide books as none of them show a bird like that.

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50 years experience and you can't tell them apart. Have you thought about stamp-collecting !