stevethehydra
Well-known member
27th May 2024, Boquer Valley near Pollensa, Mallorca.
There were (at least) 2 different smaller birds of prey mobbing a Cinereous Vulture - the vulture was soaring fairly constantly, but the smaller birds came out from the cliffs for briefer periods. One looked quite pale and fairly "chunky", similar in size and build to a Common Buzzard - from the photos, I think this may be a Booted Eagle?
Another bird at the time seemed slimmer, darker and falcon-like - I was pretty sure it was a falcon, but I'm now slightly unsure if I actually photographed the bird that I thought I did, because the darker bird that I did capture also seems more like a buzzard/small eagle type than a falcon (though still seems slimmer and longer-winged than the probable Booted). Any ideas?
Photos 1-6 are the first bird, fairly definitely one individual. Photos 7-10 are the second (and/or maybe third), less certainly one individual. Vulture included for size comparison where I got both birds in the same shot.










There were (at least) 2 different smaller birds of prey mobbing a Cinereous Vulture - the vulture was soaring fairly constantly, but the smaller birds came out from the cliffs for briefer periods. One looked quite pale and fairly "chunky", similar in size and build to a Common Buzzard - from the photos, I think this may be a Booted Eagle?
Another bird at the time seemed slimmer, darker and falcon-like - I was pretty sure it was a falcon, but I'm now slightly unsure if I actually photographed the bird that I thought I did, because the darker bird that I did capture also seems more like a buzzard/small eagle type than a falcon (though still seems slimmer and longer-winged than the probable Booted). Any ideas?
Photos 1-6 are the first bird, fairly definitely one individual. Photos 7-10 are the second (and/or maybe third), less certainly one individual. Vulture included for size comparison where I got both birds in the same shot.









