Marsh Harrier seeing off a Red Kite

[Brachytron]

I went to see the Marsh Harriers at Woodwalton Fen, Cambs and was lucky enough to capture this female seeing off a Red Kite.

Marsh Harrier seeing off a Red Kite by Mark Tyrrell, on Flickr

Marsh Harrier seeing off a Red Kite by Mark Tyrrell, on Flickr

Marsh Harrier seeing off a Red Kite by Mark Tyrrell, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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I see two birds… but not the drama!
Did you keep on shooting, Mark?

 

[bovey9]

How come the kite does not have the v in the tail?

 

[gramps]

Nice sequence Mark

 

[Rustydon]

Nice action to observe and capture, Mark
- I'm guessing the bird action was at quite a distance from you with that 600mm lens.

Russ

 

[Brachytron]

How come the kite does not have the v in the tail?

Good question. Don't know!

 

[Brachytron]

Nice action to observe and capture, Mark
- I'm guessing the bird action was at quite a distance from you with that 600mm lens.

Russ

Yes, with a 2x as well!

 

[Cobra]

How come the kite does not have the v in the tail?

Good question. Don't know!

Most likely that its a juvenile, they have little or no fork in the tail with a with a dark sub-terminal band (towards the end of the tail), which this one also appears to have. ( most obvious in #3 )
HTH