After I got all the help for my Buzzard a few months ago another trivial 
query for you - but this time it's really easy, because I had my camera.

These are snipped from the same shot taken at Turville, Bucks (near High 
Wycombe, and definitely Red Kite country).

http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Number774/?action=view¤t=Kiteandawhatsit.jpg

As usual the area is knee-deep in Kites.  I can't decide for sure what 
the second one is - colour looks like a kite, but the tail is all wrong. 
  Juvenile?

BTW anyone who remembers me from before - there are now Parakeets in 
Maidenhead.  And that Buzzard before, I reckon was flying at about 3000ft!

Thanks

Andy

Andy Champ wrote:
> After I got all the help for my Buzzard a few months ago another
> trivial query for you - but this time it's really easy, because I 
> had
> my camera.
> These are snipped from the same shot taken at Turville, Bucks (near
> High Wycombe, and definitely Red Kite country).
>
> http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Number774/?action=view¤t=Kiteandawhatsit.jpg
>
> As usual the area is knee-deep in Kites.  I can't decide for sure 
> what
> the second one is - colour looks like a kite, but the tail is all
>  wrong. Juvenile?
>
> BTW anyone who remembers me from before - there are now Parakeets in
> Maidenhead.  And that Buzzard before, I reckon was flying at about
> 3000ft!

The left-hand one is a Buzzard, the right-hand a Red Kite. The photo 
is too small for me to decide what age either bird is, though the Kite 
looks too deep-reddish for an immature, which are rather washed-out 
greyish overall in their first year.

Cheers,

Phil

Phil Wilson wrote:
> 
> The left-hand one is a Buzzard, the right-hand a Red Kite. The photo is 
> too small for me to decide what age either bird is, though the Kite 
> looks too deep-reddish for an immature, which are rather washed-out 
> greyish overall in their first year.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Phil

Great, thanks.  I was surprised to see them flying together.

I also didn't see the dihedral I was told was diagnostic last time I asked!

Andy

Andy Champ wrote:
> Phil Wilson wrote:
>>
>> The left-hand one is a Buzzard, the right-hand a Red Kite. The 
>> photo
>> is too small for me to decide what age either bird is, though the
>> Kite looks too deep-reddish for an immature, which are rather
>> washed-out greyish overall in their first year.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Phil
>
> Great, thanks.  I was surprised to see them flying together.
>
> I also didn't see the dihedral I was told was diagnostic last time I
> asked!

First-year Buzzards often soar on flat wings, something which has 
given me more than one heart-flutter over the years.

Cheers,

Phil