Fwd: (delhibirdpix) harrier female for id ...najafgarh nov 2014

The Hen Harrier  (record shots only) .... in line for further confirmation ....... as Pankaj has already posted......... near Nazafgarh , Delhi , 28th Nov , 2014 

As we were driving towards Sultanpur from Nazafgarh in a slumber after a hot afternoon's birding .... at about the Ghalibpur area on the narrow road between the fields on both sides ..... a sudden burst of activity startled us as a huge flock of Common Starlings,Mynas and Bank Mynas dashed straight into our car followed by this huge harrier in pursuit (right almost on to our car).

An equally large flock of weavers and about 30 odd Yellow Wagtails in the fields nearby were also flying around in panic as a bank myna crashed into our car through the rear window into the boot space ( with me sitting in the rear seat deleting old pics from the memory card to create space ). Pankaj stopped the car and we got out to open the car doors and boot to let out the poor myna to be relieved to see it jump out and fly away intact.

The Harrier came back suddenly again on Pankaj's side with the birds flying around in panic all around us.We took some pot shots but observed in the field that it looked quite big and aggressive (than the harriers we saw in Talchappar).Since the head looked quite dark in the field Pankaj called Pallid ......I did not disagree then but required to check the pics for further opinion(s).

The pic here ( though of poorer quality ) has a view of the front face with the white area above the eye visible for observation if it is of significance.I see that the other pics posted by Pankaj did not have this angle.

Retaining Pankaj's pic for comparison only.

Regards

CA Mulagala.S.Srinivas

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From: 'pankaj gupta' via delhibirdpix <delhibirdpix@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:01 PM
Subject: (delhibirdpix) harrier female for id ...najafgarh nov 2014
To: "delhibirdpix@googlegroups.com" <delhibirdpix@googlegroups.com>, "Nitu.S" <lorykeet@yahoo.co.in>, Vinod Kumar Gupta <vkgupta1999@gmail.com>, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org>

there is a debate on the id..is it hen female or montagus female

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