Hybrid harriers on the move –big way

Over the past 2-3 weeks Europe has been swamped with Pallid Harriers like never before. In the stream of “good” Pallids there has been several birds showing mixed and/or intermediate characters between Pallid and Hen. Birds like this have been spotted in Finland, Sweden and Denmark, where they have mostly passed as either Pallids or Hen in the field, until they have been nailed later from photographs.

I have taken part in the identification discussions of many of these birds. Rather than repeating myself here, check out the following images and the discussions behind these links and see what You think. Bird identification cannot get much better than this!

http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=42962#4034e6e11362abac

http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=42825

regards,
Dick