Rough-legged Buzzard

Chris Atkin · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:11 pm

The Rough-legged Buzzard was still present today. I saw the bird briefly early afternoon though no further sign by the end of the day. It was viewable for c3 hours this morning (as per GPC).

regards

Chris.

blgp_birder · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:28 am

Edmund Mackrill wrote:

A Rough-legged Buzzard flew west over the garden this morning - first spotted by Monica. Not having seen one since the Worlaby bird and generally having Common Buzzards over the garden most days I am always drawn to the longer winged appearance of Rough-legged - todays bird was no exception - I knew what it was before I started absorbing the plumage details. No attempt to age or sex though.
That's all 3 Buzzard species over the garden this year now - 5 Honeys this year.

Edmund if you absorbed plumage details as you say, then ageing and sexing this bird should be very easy. Rather than doing the bird on jizz alone.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:17 pm

I won't say i told you so!

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

I caught up with the Rough-legged Buzzard on the Lincs Wolds yesterday; it was always distant (300m+) hence the very small record image above (first and last images); the bird is certainly older than a juvenile ie it is either an adult or a 2cy bird; there appears to be some contrast in the secondaries but not a lot but the largish and fairly solid belly patch may also suggest that it is a 2cy bird rather than a full adult; the solid carpal patches, pale head and streaked upper breast, tail with one solid bar and a faint inner bar, fairly uniform underwing coverts all seem to point towards it being a female but in direct side by side comparison with a pair of Common Buzzards it did not seem all that big; maybe closer views and pictures may elucidate;

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_67tw8qE92mA/S ... gh-leg.jpg

blgp_birder · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:47 pm

Stephen Routledge wrote:

I won't say i told you so!

you just did fool :lol:

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:19 pm

Unfortunately, there is only one person who has been made to look like a fool in all of this and it isn't me.

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