Thursday, April 26, 2012

dark morph Montagu's Harriers

















My previous views of dark morph birds had been pretty distant and brief so I was pleased to get views of at least 3 different birds in one area of the steppe; from the wing pattern the best shots here appear to show a female but the iris is bright yellow? images suffered from haze and panic!

1 comment:

Dr Ian A W Macdonald said...

Please tell me where you managed to see three different Dark Morph Montagu's Harriers. I think I saw two or three different dark morph birds on the Mara Game Reserve in southern Kenya. I would love to e-mail my pictures to you and get your opinion on these birds' identities. My e-mail address in macdonaldky18@planetcoms.co.za . Yours sincerely, Ian Macdonald