Black Kite ,Northern Greece (1 Viewer)

[ody]

Any confirmation please?

 

[Deb Burhinus]

Looks good to me!

 

[tconzemi]

and to mee

 

[KC Foggin]

It's a great image of this Black Kite!

 

[lou salomon]

is that from today, odysseas? i agree on black kite though.

 

[Deb Burhinus]

When was the photo taken Ody?

is that from today, odysseas? i agree on black kite though.

As there are no leaves on the tree, I assumed fairly recently.

This may be of interest - there are regular winter roosts now in Greece with increasing numbers of Black Kite wintering in the Mediterranean area:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Horal/publication/318143721_Common_wintering_of_black_kites_Milvus_migrans_migrans_in_Greece_and_new_data_on_their_wintering_elsewhere_in_Europe/links/598c1ad0aca272e57acdfe00/Common-wintering-of-black-kites-Milvus-migrans-migrans-in-Greece-and-new-data-on-their-wintering-elsewhere-in-Europe.pdf?origin=publication_detail

 

[Nutcracker]

No great surprise - combination of global warming and easy access to human food waste. Why bother with a hazardous crossing of the Med, or run the gunfire gauntlet in the Middle East, when there's a tip down the road?

 

[Deb Burhinus]

No great surprise -

Maybe not given what we all know about Climate Change but I think it’s pertinent to this thread if this is a December sighting of BK in Greece (which is why I posted it).

The paper is also well researched so I am sure it will be of interest to birders in Greece, if not to a wider audience. On a general note, keeping abreast of changes in migratory patterns and ranges can be helpful as probability can inform the identification process of certain species.

 

[Gleb Berloff]

Accurate.