Birds of prey Israel #3 (1 Viewer)

[BastiH]

Hello!

Is it possible to identify these birds?

Pic1: Buteo sp.?, 03. April 2014, near Eilat, desert
Pic2: Buteo sp.?, 03. April 2014, Negev desert
Pic3: Circus aeruginosus?, 03. April 2014, Negev desert, at lake
Pic4: Circus aeruginosus?, 03. April 2014, Negev desert, at lake

Best regards Basti

 

[timsg80]

1,2 are steppe buzzards and 3,4 marsh harriers

 

[lou salomon]

the first 2 are reddish steppe buzards (nice pale spotted variant in 1), 3-4 indeed marsh harriers.

 

[BastiH]

Hello Tim and Lou!

Thanks for identification.

Basti