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24-08-2010, 11:01 AM
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| | | Feather ID please
Does anyone have any idea what bird this feather is from? (Presuming I manaage to attach the photo!)
I found it on the top of a moorland hill in a very remote location so I presume it is from a flyover.  |
24-08-2010, 11:03 AM
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Amazing, I managed to attach the photo  |
24-08-2010, 11:22 AM
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| | | Re: Feather ID please
It's from a large raptor. Very hard to tell exactly what, but the size could suggest Golden Eagle or Common Buzzard. |
24-08-2010, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by RKB  It's from a large raptor. Very hard to tell exactly what, but the size could suggest Golden Eagle or Common Buzzard. | Thank you very much RKB. I found it a few weeks ago but the books I have and what I have been able to find on the internet only show mainly flight and tail feathers so I really had no idea and had actually been thinking of perhaps geese flying over.
Both Golden Eagle and Buzzard are occasionally in the area so that would make sense.
Would Sea Eagle also be a possible candidate? |
24-08-2010, 01:13 PM
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Yes. It's one of those non-descript body feathers that don't have many i.d. hints, except for size. |
24-08-2010, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RKB Yes. It's one of those non-descript body feathers that don't have many i.d. hints, except for size. | Thought as much. Thank you very much for your help. |
24-08-2010, 06:33 PM
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Can't say what it IS, but the colouring, that of a chestnut brown would suggest it isn't an eagle.
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24-08-2010, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by larachmor Can't say what it IS, but the colouring, that of a chestnut brown would suggest it isn't an eagle. | No suggestions then Larachmor? |
24-08-2010, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Blizzard No suggestions then Larachmor? | Sorry, it would only be a wild guess, but a golden eagle would be much darker, and a white-tail much paler. If it were a raptor the colouring could match a red kite, but no idea really.
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24-08-2010, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by larachmor Sorry, it would only be a wild guess, but a golden eagle would be much darker, and a white-tail much paler. If it were a raptor the colouring could match a red kite, but no idea really. | No worries  . I always knew it wasn't going to be an easy or definite one. | | | |
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