We've been watching buzzards and eagles - both golden and white-tailed - for a quarter of a century and I still have trouble telling them apart when they're in silhouette high above, unless they flap their wings - buzzards have a faster wing-flap - or unless there's something up there with them to give a sense of scale, like a gull.
So when these two raptors wheeled above us for ten minutes this morning, didn't flap their wings once, and were ignored by the local crow and gull population....
When I looked at the above image I think they were golden eagles but....
I think they're buzzards but I'm still far from certain. Is there anyone out there who can help?
I immediately thought Goldie following a Buzzard when I first saw the picture. The eagles wing is longer to its width and straighter along the leading edge and also more of a notch where it meats the body. More help needed from an expert. Try the Rapter in Kilchoan :)
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you, Derryck. I've been told by someone who has good knowledge of this identification problem that it's probably a buzzard but I'm still not convinced.
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