I Tried- Brahminy Kite from Goan Coastline

when i was walking along the beach in goa one early morning a Brahminy Kite was over-head hovering around the coast-line, tried my best to get pics he was too fast.








[ 17. February 2008, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: rosa ]

 

Hi Rosa,Cracking shots but it looks like a White Tailed Sea Eagle though I may be wrong.Lucky you to see one.We have had to go all the way to the Isle Of Mull to see one.They are called flying barn doors because of their large wingspan

 

hi kandy, i honestly thought it was a golden eagle a guy on the beach said it was, it was some size bird and as you said a good size wingspan.
Its the first time i have ever seen one these past 5 years that i have been going to goa.
maybe someone else can put us to right and tel us what it is

 

Hi Rosa,The Golden Eagle doesn't have a white head.failing that it could be a Bald Eagle but never having holidays abroad don't know what the range of the Bald Eagle is.It could just be an American and Canadian bird of prey

 

hi kandy just looked on the web and i,m sorry everyone it is a Bald Eagle, it has the same white head, going to edit this thread and put the correct term in

 

marley, I have looked at that pallas fish eagle in flight and this one i took is nothing like it,it hasnt got the white colouring down its wings look at my last pic, it has a white head more like the bald eagle and its colour as it flew over my head was a striking tan/orange colour.The pic you cant see the eaxact colour but look at the first pic i took.I know it a bit blurry but that is the colour i saw.

 

found this pic of a bald eagle to compare

 

marley well thats thrown the bald eagle right out of the picture :D :D

 

just looked for these an african fish eagle it definately had this orange on its wings

 

just one thing this eagle circled as it made its way down the coastal beach