Raptors. bunting etc from Lesvos (1 Viewer)

Macswede

Macswede

• Aug 1, 2010

• #1

I thought the first bird was Stonechat when photographing it but now I'm not so sure.
Yet another raptor flies off - yet another common buzzard?
Stonechat? I reckon so even though there is a lot of white on the breast.
Surely a perched Short-toed Eagle. When I took the picture I had no idea but I am slowly learning.
The last bird should be a female Cretzschmar's Bunting. There was a male present a few seconds previously at any rate but I thought I'd better check as this is another new species for me.

 

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G Anderson

Registered User

• Aug 1, 2010

• #2

Think you are correct on the first 4 pics, the last one could be an Ortolan.

Cheers G

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Aug 1, 2010

• #3

Thanks very much, G.

 

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snowcap

Well-known member

• Aug 1, 2010

• #4

Hi, more Bunting fun! The eye-ring looks white in the Bunting in pic5, which is a Cretzschmars feature of course.

 

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G Anderson

Registered User

• Aug 1, 2010

• #5

snowcap said:

Hi, more Bunting fun! The eye-ring looks white in the Bunting in pic5, which is a Cretzschmars feature of course.

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Bunting fun continued..!

Could well be the unpronouceable Cretz bunt ! Not sure !

Cheers G

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Aug 1, 2010

• #6

Would make sense if a male had left just before though I've read there are mixed flocks of buntings on Lesvos in the late summer.

 

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snowcap

Well-known member

• Aug 1, 2010

• #7

Indeed, I`ve seen mixed flocks of Cretz and Ortolan in Israel in Autumn.

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Aug 1, 2010

• #8

Very interesting, Snowcap.

 

Steve Dudley

aka The Toadsnatcher

• Aug 15, 2010

• #9

I can only see salmon tones on this bird, and a white eyering, no hint of yellow, so its an adult female Cretzschmar's for me. And it was seen feeding with a male Cretzsch - mid-July is not quite the autumn and Cretzsches could still be feeding young.

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Aug 15, 2010

• #10

Thanks, Steve, That's what i thought at the time.