Juvenile - 3 10 15. Heading south in the rain. |
Well barred primaries with pale base. |
Juvenile female - 4 10 15. Indistinct trailing edge to inner primaries and obvious pale base to well barred primaries. Dark eye and not compact enough for a male. |
Juvenile male. Pale eye. |
Juvenile male - 3 9 15. Pale trailing edge to sparsely barred inner primaries. |
Underparts and underwing coverts covered in rusty streaks. |
Juvenile male. Compact bird with sparsely barred primaries. |
Juvenile. Very well barred primaries on this individual. |
Juvenile - 22 9 15. A bird with a less distinct and more streaked boa. |
Juvenile male - 16 9 15. A beautiful juvenile almost missed at station 1 as it sneaked past below the station. Birds this high will often end up shot. |
2nd cy male - 4 10 15. A close encounter with a Pallid. Several juvenile secondaries and a few spotted primary coverts. |
Finely flecked breast and flanks. Indistinct trailing edge to wing. |
2nd cy male - 13 9 15 |
Slightly more advanced than the above male. A nice ochre wash to head with flecks to breast and flanks. |
2nd cy male - 12 9 15. Like a kestrel from a distance. |
This was quite a dark 2nd cy on the upperside compared to some but was typically clean below. |
This individual had less black in the primaries compared to some. |
Adult male?- 3 10 15. Black only in p6-8 and no indication of a trailing edge to wing. Maybe breast contrasts a little too much with the white belly but that might be nit-picking. |
Grey male - 22 9 15. More black in the primaries compared to the above male but still a very clean bird. We had many discussions about how old birds like this were. Perhaps this is a 3rd cy. |
Perhaps the faint collar and greyish neck is a sign of immaturity. |
A real ghost of a bird. Unfortunately it paid the ultimate price for flying low through the valley at station 1 and was seen to be shot after it had passed the station. |
A truly stunning bird that brought brief happiness to a select few. |
2nd cy female - 9 9 15. Obvious rusty-brown underwings and underparts. Indistinct trailing edge to inner primaries. The outer two primaries are not quite full grown. |
2nd cy female - 23 9 15. Strong rusty-brown underwing coverts and streaks to body indicate a young age as does the dark looking eye. Nice pale trailing edge to inner primaries. |