Buzzard Buteo buteo 3
It was a wonderful experience being able to get so close to this Buzzard perched majestically in the top of a tree. My thanks to Tim Melling for explaining that it is a young bird hatched this year as evident from the streaks on its upper breast (adults have horizontal bars) and the lack of a broader dark terminal band on the tail tip; juveniles have all the tail bars narrow and of equal width.
Buzzard Buteo buteo 3
It was a wonderful experience being able to get so close to this Buzzard perched majestically in the top of a tree. My thanks to Tim Melling for explaining that it is a young bird hatched this year as evident from the streaks on its upper breast (adults have horizontal bars) and the lack of a broader dark terminal band on the tail tip; juveniles have all the tail bars narrow and of equal width.