HELP what kind of eagles and vultures are these? (1 Viewer)

[scuba0095]

PICTURE ONE

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2405/2185833162_7c741ecd91_o.jpg

PICTURE 2

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3177121417_aaf2f28b31_b.jpg

PICTURE 3

http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/media/blogs/kuwait/2008/Black-Vulture7099.jpg


PICTURE 4

http://www.naturfoto.cz/fotografie/ptaci/kane-lesni-1553.jpg

PICTURE 5

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/549/132192479iqkhlse2.jpg


OK i know it is very hard for some of them to tell what kind of birds these are? anyways hpefully a raptor expert will know! THnx

 

[scuba0095]

very strange looking bird in picture 2 i also cant tell what the vulture is i am so curious! it has a blue beak?

 

[Leaubellon]

Here's my take on it :

Pic 1 : Tawny Eagle & White-backed Vulture.

Pic 2 : Bateleur (juv), Egyptian Vulture & White-backed Vulture.

Pic 3 : Steppe Eagle & Monk Vulture.

Pic 4 : Grey Heron & Common Buzzard.

Pic 5 : I got "service temporarily unavailable". >_<

 

[birdboybowley]

5 White-backed and Steppe eagle

agree on others

 

[scuba0095]

ok thanks are u sure thats a common buzzard with the heron it looks so huge?

 

[birdboybowley]

Yeah, it is. Pretty sure it was in a wildlife portfolio (Wildlife Photographer of the Year maybe?)

 

[Roy Priest]

Pic 2 : Bateleur (juv), Egyptian Vulture & White-backed Vulture.

Does the E vulture have feathers all the way to the feet? I would favor Tawny Eagle for this, but then I am very short of knowledge on these birds.

 

[Leaubellon]

Does the E vulture have feathers all the way to the feet? I would favor Tawny Eagle for this, but then I am very short of knowledge on these birds.

Oops you're absolutely right. I only glanced (too rapidly) at his head and could swear it was naked on first sight but it's actually fully feathered. Beak and talons are also totally not E. vulture either, my bad.

 

[gambirder]

scuba do you have any more info on the second shot? That's an unusual collection of birds to be squabbling after a roadkill. Where is it?

 

[scuba0095]

i am not sure but the bird in the second pic has a blue beak and the bird fighting looked so unusual


anyone know the outcome of the heron and the buzzard?


here is the rest of picture two

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3178000940_4f8fd03973_b.jpg

 

[Tib78]

The bird eating the duiker in pic 2 is a Tawny eagle, so is the eagle pic 5 (eye colour). I agree with Turtle-rn on the others.

 

[scuba0095]

twany eagle really that light colored?

 

[Tib78]

twany eagle really that light colored?

Yes, no problem, Tawny eagle is very variable.

Edit: Compare: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/25/93/91/tawny-eagle-in-flight.jpg