Recent content by P.Sunesen

Briefly skimmed this thread feeling puzzled why this bird gets all this attention. For me no reason to suggest anything but a peregrinus. In particular females in first adult plumage are quite variable as regards the extension of the blackish hood and the general tone of the underside. So I...

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Tom, to me they all look like juveniles, which one do you believe is an adult?

Yes, juvenile Sparrowhawk, probably a male due to the streaked breast.

Impossible to tell, because not even in the hand is there any one clinching character to tell these two intergrading/clinal subspecies apart. One of the die-hard myths among birders that would be nice to see buried deep in the permafrost of the Siberian tundra�� Peter

IMO the proportions are spot on for Hobby (the hand is too long for RFF).

The general shape, proportions and colour IMO make Merlin the more likely suggestion. Fluffed up throat feathers, pale area on the nape, brown upperside and pointed wings are good for Merlin, but I'm not prepared to be adamant this time;);) Peter

The ground colour of Barn Owl is far more orange, and the barring more regular and bold. You can see central tail-feathers here on the second photo bottom left, and on the third and fourth photo bottom right. So, Tawny Owl is certainly is;) https://www.featherbase.info/en/species/Tyto/alba Peter

Checking a Long-eared Owl from my freezer stock*, I realised my initial blunder: Long-eared Owl is (also) bolder barred than that, thus the obvious ID springs to mind, it's the central tail feather of a Tawny Owl, sorry, must have been absent minded:eat: * I'm an ornithological taxidermist by...

No, the barring is much bolder on the tail feathers of A. flammeus;) http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=72296

Yes, owl it certainly is. My take is a central tail feather of a Long-eared Owl. Peter

Definitely no Kite, but rather (although this is just a guess) a secondary from a domestic hen. Peter

Nope, certainly a Common Buzzard here. One of the upper shoulder feathers. Very typical in shape, texture (not remotely as 'furry' as an Owl-feather), and more curved in shape than the equivalent feather from a juvenile gull, which doesn't show the pattern seen here. Believe me, a no brainer;)...

Why not a juvenile (1cy)? Even on this photo the pale tips on remiges and upperparts are quite distinct indicating a bird in a fresh plumage. When last year was is taken? (Always nice with that piece of info;)) Peter

Two corrections: This Common Kestrel is a newly fledged, juvenile male. Male juveniles differ from juvenile females in that the black bars on the tail feathers are narrower than the space between them, whereas in females the bars are broader and thus of approximately the same width as the space...