Israel raptors

Here is my second installment from this April's Israel trip. This time raptors other than Harriers which were the subject of my first post.

Booted Eagle (dvergørn). This is a dark morph

Black Kite (svartglente) - looks quite red in this light

a young male Common Kestrel (tærnfalk)

male Lesser Kestrel (rødfalk). Long range picture but showing the important plumage characters to separate from Common Kestrel: white underwing, grey on the upper wing

Steppe Buzzard (russevåk)

raptors in a thermal and a mucky lens. Steppe Eagle (steppeørn) in the middle with Steppe Buzzards

more Steppe Eagle and Buzzards