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#60 US, Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

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A rarity in Massachussets

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#61 US, Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)

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Terrible photo

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#62 US, Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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The most common raptor in Cape Cod

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#63 US, Northern harrier (Circus hudsonius) Red-tailed hawk

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#63 US, Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

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Quite common

 

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#64 US, Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

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Distant but I was delighted to see it

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Kitsafari

woah nice series of raptors!

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Great raptors indeed!

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Last, but definitely not least, my favourite species of the trip.

 

#65 US, Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

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Males, with a real bad temper

 

 

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Females

 

Wild turkeys were extinct in Cape Cod for more than 100 years but in 1995 28 of them were realeased and the actual population seems to have it´s origin in those 28.  

 

We saw them in a few occasions, first time in the central reservation of a highway :D, I think they have a great look and quite an attitude, we had great fun looking at them.

 

And that´s the end...

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Looks liked a productive trip. Like the thought of  Turkeys in the road verges.

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Dave Williams

Looks like a great trip! I like Turkeys too but prefer chicken or duck:o:rolleyes:

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Great collection of ducks and raptors, Pedro and a worthy last entry for the trip. Somehow #63 does not look like a harrier to me, but more a hawk-like shape. I may be completely wrong, of course.

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1 hour ago, PeterHG said:

Great collection of ducks and raptors, Pedro and a worthy last entry for the trip. Somehow #63 does not look like a harrier to me, but more a hawk-like shape. I may be completely wrong, of course.


Thanks Peter, I’m going to try to get a more reliable ID on that one.

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1 hour ago, pedro maia said:


Thanks Peter, I’m going to try to get a more reliable ID on that one.

 

You were right Peter, it´s not a harrier, it´s a Red-tailed hawk, I already edited the count, thanks once again.

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I am glad that Peter took up the challenge on that one.. ;)

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Some great additions and the Turkey make an excellent finale

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Back to my Portugal new species BY, this morning I went to the EVOA in the Lezíria to look for a couple of rarities that were seen there in the past few days and in spite of the cloudy weather and a few showers (not a problem since I was in the hide) it was a fully successful morning.

 

#14 (282), 15/5, Garganey (Spatula querquedula). EVOA

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And the rarest of todays addition:

 

#15 (283), 15/5, Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris). EVOA

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There was a third rarity which doesn´t add to the count since I saw it in my 2020 BY, a vagrant from America, the Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus):

 

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And there was another species I was glad to see, it´s not a rarity but I don´t see it often, I hadn´t seen it yet this year, a very cool species, the Collared pratincole, there were a few of them flying over the EVOA main lagoon:

 

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Well done Pedro. There are not many in the BIg Year who will post a Long-billed dowitcher and not count it :D (I understand why!)

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michael-ibk

Excellent rarities Pedro - please tell those Pratincoles to stay put. And those Turkeys are really cool. B)

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And the Dowitcher. And the Teal. All excellent birds and great photos. 

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The pratincoles will stay, the teal and the dowtcher I don’t know and they aren’t easy to spot on the far side of the lagoon, but who knows…

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Fantastic day in Castro Verde yesterday with Zvezda and @xelas, we had the most amazing sightings, if I had to choose one this had to be it:

 

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