Raptor ID's - Mount Njullá, Abisko, Swedish Arctic (28/05/2019) (1 Viewer)

ryan11111

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• May 29, 2019

• #1

Hi all,

I saw these two raptors today whilst walking up Mount Njullá.

I am from the UK so I am not quite sure about what birds to expect to see here.

Photos 1-3: This raptor looked like it may be a harrier, maybe a hen harrier?

Photos 4-5: Large falcon - peregrine or gyrfalcon?
note - It is holding prey which it had caught but I cannot work out what it was from the photo.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Ryan

 

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tconzemi

Tom

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• May 29, 2019

• #2

Hen Harrier and Kestrel

 

KenM

Well-known member

• May 30, 2019

• #3

tconzemi said:

Hen Harrier and Kestrel

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I’d invite you to look again Tom, 4 and probably 5 are certainly not Kestrel, perhaps immature Gyr is perhaps more appropriate?

Cheers

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• May 30, 2019

• #4

and i'd invite you to study the underwing patterns of kestrel and gyr falcon, ken. tom knows why he said kestrel.

 

KenM

Well-known member

• May 30, 2019

• #5

lou salomon said:

and i'd invite you to study the underwing patterns of kestrel and gyr falcon, ken. tom knows why he said kestrel.

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I have no doubts about Tom’s understanding of underwing patterns, whether it’s at an unfortunately “odd” angle or not, it doesn’t look like a Kestrel to my eye, it looks too short tailed and stocky for F.tinnunculus?

 

R

Rotherbirder

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• May 30, 2019

• #6

Certainly doesn't have the 'feel' of a large falco.

RB

 

Valéry Schollaert

Respect animals, don't eat or wear their body or s

• May 30, 2019

• #7

I confirm kestrel, if needed.

 

Andy Hurley

Gotta love nature!

Opus Editor

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• May 31, 2019

• #8

tconzemi said:

Hen Harrier and Kestrel

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lou salomon said:

and i'd invite you to study the underwing patterns of kestrel and gyr falcon, ken. tom knows why he said kestrel.

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Rotherbirder said:

Certainly doesn't have the 'feel' of a large falco.

RB

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Valéry Schollaert said:

I confirm kestrel, if needed.

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Kestrel for me too. Sometimes Kestrels are surprising, but looking at pattern and shape, (I sometimes take measurements of birds in a photo to check ratios) confirms for me that this is a Kestrel

 

KenM

Well-known member

• May 31, 2019

• #9

Yes! a very “odd” looking Kestrel and just about within range, if the maps are anything to go by.

A good call Tom.

 

Edwin Sapatsch

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• Jun 1, 2019

• #10

"Odd" unproportional 'kestrel' indeed