Paul Chapman
Well-known member
Hi Paul
This is surely not a Scoppli's... just thought I would throw that out there for debate.
You can't even see the underside of the primaries - the white you can see on the 'hand' is on the underwing coverts.
The bill structure is too bulky also, to me.
Brian
Brian
Serves me right for looking at pictures on a phone! Having looked on a computer, you are clearly right on the underwing. On bill size, I find that so variable.
An interesting set of photos of Scopoli's off Hatteras on ebird when I looked.
I do need at some point to spend some time amongst a Scopoli's population as I confess to a massive amount of scepticism on the split.
All the beat