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Mon, 17/02/2014 - 21:09
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Rick N
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Raptor

Hi All,

Not sure of this one.

Was a long way away so very cropped hence not much detail.

Cheers

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Mon, 17/02/2014 - 21:26
rawshorty
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Whistling Kite

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/ 

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Mon, 17/02/2014 - 21:51
Rick N
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Thanks for that. I am seeing a few of these around a wetland in the Riveland and they seem to vary a bit in colouring leaving me a tad confused at times.(plus I am just lousy at bird ids)

Cheers

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Tue, 18/02/2014 - 13:53
Lachlan
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Don't get disheartened, raptors can be extremely difficult to ID. Some of them have nice diagnostic features, but others are awful. crying There's a limit to how well you can ID a distant dark blob with wings. 

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Thu, 17/04/2014 - 20:18
lorne.johnson@d...
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Imm, Whistling Kite. Buy Debus' raptor guide. It's great. Lorne, Bundanoon, NSW.

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Thu, 17/04/2014 - 22:47
Rick N
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Thanks Lorne,will check it out.

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Fri, 18/04/2014 - 12:24
saturnv78
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Rick N wrote:

Thanks Lorne,will check it out.

Be sure to get the recently released 2nd edition of this great raptor field guide, it is much improved over the very good original.

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