bionicsherpa
aka Ken Petch
Could someone confirm if these are indeed lammergeiers please?
Many thanks
Ken
Many thanks
Ken
Could someone confirm if these are indeed lammergeiers please?
Many thanks
Ken
Thanks for all your replies, I find it difficult to identify the Nepalese birds of prey from my little identification book. I photographed them near to Pisang on the Annapurna circuit, they gathered over us as we were eating lunch
I guess whilst hovering over you they were thinking of having their lunch too :-D
The 'Grimskipp' field guide to birds of the Indian Sub-continent says of HGV "Larger than Eurasian Griffon with broader body and slightly longer tail. Wing-coverts and body pale buffish-white, contrasting strongly with dark flight feathers and tail; underparts lack pronounced streaking;". This tends to confirm that the second bird is a Himalayan Griffon, with the bird in the other photos being a Eurasian.
That description is valid only for adult birds (picture 2 in the first post), and doesn't really confirm anything regarding subadults. Juveniles and subadults look completely different than adults, for example here's a juvenile:
http://www.birdskorea.org/Images/review2007/himgriff_comp.jpg
Not many flight photos of Himalayan Griffon in the gallery, would you please consider uploading one of yours?
thanks
Niels