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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Many thanks, Patudo and especially for the Pied Harrier link. Showing that clear-cut division between the white and black portions of its wings makes me sure that that is my occasional (sadly, very occasional, as in about a dozen sightings a year!) morning visitor. As you suggest, I'll carry out...
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Happy to have cleared the confusion, John and happier still to know that my PH visitor is such a rarity. Less happy, though, that it is such an infrequent visitor, with sightings, at a guess, barely a dozen a year; contrasting from its hunting behaviour (circling, then diving) that make it...
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Sorry John, there was this link, also, that I initially submitted to the forum . . . https://www.birdforum.net/attachments/dsc03135-copy-jpg.1548852/ . . . one that my first Google search (for Thai buzzards) offered, initiating (with its URL address) my forum registration to which Delia...
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Hi John, Other than this link, provided by Delia Todd, as under . . . Hi David - Ossy.. and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. I've moved your post to our ID forum, as they're better placed to be able to help you. It looks like a Black-winged Kite but wait for the...
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Hi Andy, Not sure, location-wise, re your BK suggestion. One thing that does exclude it from my search is the less clear-cut division between black and white portions of the wings. Thanks.
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Great work, John, since with these 2 Harrier species you may well have I/Dd both my frequent raptor sightings. Whilst your Eastern Marsh Harrier link opens to a photo that is a very close match to my evening (and occasional morning) visitor, your Pied Harrier link opens to a mainly...
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Thanks John, especially for those excellent photos, which I'm pretty confident have correctly I/Dd my viewings . . . Eastern Buzzards, eh?
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    My original thread was regarding a totally different spotting with its distinctive black and white wings and which Delia kindly suggested was a black-winged kite. My subsequent post was about the mostly brown raptors, which do fly closely enough to be distinguished from the much smaller kestrel...
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    Thanks Butty. The birds in question are buzzard-sized; much larger than your suggested kestrel and very similar, wing markings and tail shape-wise to this Google pic . . ...
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    Northeast Thailand . . . Raptors similar to the English Common Buzzard.

    As well as the Black-winged Kite that was I/Dd yesterday, I also frequently spot another buzzard-like species, flying above the rice paddies outside my home. Sometimes, usually mid-to-late mornings, they fly in pairs or more, calmly circling on the thermals, whilst every evening, just before...
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