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19-05-2009, 04:26 PM
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| | | B.O.P identify please
Can someone please i.D this bop ,I was about 100metres away-hense quality of pic, I think Buzzard but the chest was almost pure white and its stance seemed wrong????   |
19-05-2009, 04:44 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
hey,that looks like a buzzard to me,or a goss hawk,,but im pretty certian its a buzzard. |
19-05-2009, 04:49 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
It is indeed a Common Buzzard! |
19-05-2009, 05:01 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
cheers, I thought it might be ,was just confused by colour. Thanks |
19-05-2009, 05:05 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
They are extremely variable - can be anything from predominantly creamy/white to dark brown. |
19-05-2009, 05:12 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
Has anyone considered the possibility of a honey buzzard? |
19-05-2009, 05:14 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
are they not more orangy/yellow?
i think it mite be last years chick tbh |
19-05-2009, 05:15 PM
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| |  Re: B.O.P identify please
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Originally Posted by Green Man  Has anyone considered the possibility of a honey buzzard? | No, because it's clearly not one! |
19-05-2009, 05:23 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
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Originally Posted by Green Man Has anyone considered the possibility of a honey buzzard? | Sorry, but I don't think it's a Honey Buzzard. As I said earlier, Buzzards can be all sorts of combinations and Honey Buzzard would be quite unlikely. |
19-05-2009, 05:24 PM
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| | | Re: B.O.P identify please
I do hope thats not attitude! To me the bird appears to have a slightly greyer head than a common and appears more 'comfortable' on the ground a la honey - poster has already hinted that the 'pose' looked wrong for a common | | | |
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