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| Perhaps just a 3rd cy LSE? P4 seemed quite spiky although head and bill not particularly powerful. Wings also not very broad. |
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| Obvious pale inner comma but nothing on the outer part. |
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| Same as above |
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| Presumably just a LSE. Very short p4, weak head/bill and fairly narrow wings. |
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| Quite an obvious white flash to bases of outer primaries as many GSE show. |
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| A different bird to the above one but very similar in shape and plumage. This bird shows a longer p4 in it's left hand than it's right. It also showed white bases to the outer two primaries. |
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| Probable hybrid. This 3rd cy (new inner and outer primaries) eagle circled for some time in front of station 2 and looked like a typical GSE from it's structure. Had it continued past the station distantly it would have gone down as a GSE. However, it chose to circle overhead and allowed us close views although against a typical grey Batumi sky. |
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| Nice broad wings with long fingers including p4 or 7 depending on how you number them. Also a strong front end. |
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| Fine white primary shafts on upperside of hand. |
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| Looks like a typical GSE in this pose with evenly broad wings. |
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| Underwing coverts dark chocolate brown. Carpal commas nothing special with a small amount of white at the base of the outer two primaries. |
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| Perhaps appears slightly narrower winged and more feeble in this photo. |
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| Several of us noticed that barring came virtually to the tip of some of the secondaries and inner primaries, which realistically speaking should make it a hybrid LSExGSE. |
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| This individual perhaps should have gone into the GSE section without any quibbling. Very deep bill, broad wings/hand and heavy body. Small amount of white at the bases of the two outer primaries. |
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| Some barring visible in the inner primaries which are also pale tipped. |
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| Carpals darker than mid brown underwing coverts. |
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| Tail appears substantial here? |
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| Wings especially the hand don't appear long like Steppe Eagle. |
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| Same bird as above eight photos. Never ceases to amaze me just how different the same individual GSE/LSE/SE can appear in different photos/profiles. |
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| Adult type aquila. Underwing coverts/carpal pattern similar to Steppe Eagle, white outer flash to primary bases like a GSE and shape reminiscent of LSE. P4 medium length neither long or short. |
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| A weak head/bill and relatively narrow wings in this profile. No barring or trailing edge to secondaries. |
