Falcon ID (1 Viewer)

Pavel

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• May 9, 2018

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Please help ID: Small Falcon, very pale, flying north yesterday above Shabla Lake, NE Bulgaria. First impression was for a very pale Red-footed Falcon, also similar size comparing with migrating RFF around. BUT, not so slim and likely to have a broader moustache. Lack of visible barred underparts. Sorry for the bad quality of this record shot, the bird was quite distant! Other bad quality pictures are available.

 

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Simon Wates

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• May 9, 2018

• #2

Primaries moulting maybe change the impression of wing structure, but the broad arm is there for Peregrine, apart from plumage features. Some males are pretty small.

 

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Rotherbirder

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• May 9, 2018

• #3

Simon Wates said:

Primaries moulting maybe change the impression of wing structure, but the broad arm is there for Peregrine, apart from plumage features. Some males are pretty small.

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Peregrine for me too.

RB

 

KenM

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• May 9, 2018

• #4

Pavel said:

Please help ID: Small Falcon, Sorry for the bad quality of this record shot, the bird was quite distant! Other bad quality pictures are available.

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Oh!....for some bad quality shots like that Pavel! :eek!:
FWIW several years ago I watched aerial interaction over a rubbish dump between a Carrion Crow and a male Peregrine, with the former being larger (perhaps 5%) than the latter!

Cheers

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• May 9, 2018

• #5

Rotherbirder said:

Peregrine for me too.

RB

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and for me

 

Pavel

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• May 9, 2018

• #6

Many thanks to all, as I already mentioned - it was a Small Falcon and I would never shot if it wasn't so buffy pale, not white, so the bird looked really interesting to me. Anyway, I'm including some additional, distant and very bad quality record shots.

 

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Tom

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• May 9, 2018

• #7

the upper side is most typical for Peregrine

 

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skbirder

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• May 9, 2018

• #8

Perhaps the field impression was different, but the photos show a typical Peregrine.

 

Pavel

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• May 9, 2018

• #9

skbirder said:

Perhaps the field impression was different, but the photos show a typical Peregrine.

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How about Barbary Falcon?

 

njlarsen

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• May 9, 2018

• #10

Pavel,
I think you are at the point where misjudging the distance means that you have misjudged the size of the bird. It happens for all of us, we as human beings are really poor at determining size.

Niels

 

Pavel

Well-known member

• May 9, 2018

• #11

njlarsen said:

Pavel,
I think you are at the point where misjudging the distance means that you have misjudged the size of the bird. It happens for all of us, we as human beings are really poor at determining size.

Niels

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Thank you Niels, you are right!

 

bost85

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• May 9, 2018

• #12

I agree with perigrine