Female - 3 9 15. Indistinct carpal, very broad wings and a protruding p5. Many of the CHB seen at Batumi are in moult at p4. Four new tail feathers approaching tip. |
Female (right) with two Honey Buzzards nicely showing structural differences. |
Adult male, dark - 6 9 15 |
Adult male, light - 6 9 15 |
Adult male, medium - 7 9 15 |
Adult female - 6 9 15. Less distinct trailing edge compared to male. |
Adult male, medium - 8 9 15 |
Adult male, dark - 8 9 15 |
Adult male, medium - 9 9 15 |
Longer fingers and more bulging secondaries compared to the HB (right) |
Adult male, medium - 16 9 15 |
Beautifully marked flight feathers, the finer bars would be invisible at distance. |
Adult male, medium - 16 9 15. A male that nearly sneaked past station 1. Nice view of the tail pattern from above which you don't often get. |
Adult male, light - 16 9 15 |
Adult female - 17 9 15 |
Adult male, light - 19 9 15 |
Adult male - 24 9 15 |
This fairly distant individual was mistaken briefly for a Short-toed Eagle such were its slow powerful wing-beats on really broad wings. |