Raptor? Netherlands (1 Viewer)

[rb_stern]

I'm a birder on a non birding trip in the Netherlands. Today I photographed this, high over Oude Wetering, not far from Schiphol airport. I apologize for the quality - heavy crop, and I took this picture with my iphone from the LCD of my camera. I checked my Birds of N. Europe app, and can't really find anything that fits and ought to be here (I'm from Canada and visiting).

 

[franknotes]

No pic.

 

[rb_stern]

I'm trying to attach the pic from my iphone. Please be patient.

 

[rb_stern]

Hopefuly here's the pic

G****** iphone! Hopefully here's the pic

 

[Samuel Perfect]

looks like a Common Buzzard

 

[birdboybowley]

Common Buzzard would be my guess

 

[tconzemi]

agree with Common Buzzard, they are extremely variable in central Europe, from almost white to completely dark brown and everything in between

 

[rb_stern]

Thanks

That brings me up to 46 species so far in 5 days of cycling between Bruges and Amsterdam. A related question - there were many Barnacle geese today in the fields near Gouda. Are they a non-migratory population, or what?

 

[Nutcracker]

A related question - there were many Barnacle geese today in the fields near Gouda. Are they a non-migratory population, or what?

Yes, there's a large feral population resident in the Netherlands.