zigzackly’s omnium-gatherum: UFO - somewhere between Munnar and Valparai

Friday 22 September 2006

UFO - somewhere between Munnar and Valparai

Anyone care to identify this magnificient creature for us?

3 comments:

Falstaff said...: A changeable Hawk-Eagle perhaps?

You can see more pictures at:

http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/accipitriformes/changeable.hawk-eagle.html

I'm not an expert, frankly - I'm just guessing based on the crest and the colouring.; Friday 22 September 2006 at 03:37:00 GMT+5:30
km said...: No idea, but that's just a magnificent bird.

Any more critter closeups, Peter?; Friday 22 September 2006 at 21:51:00 GMT+5:30
zigzackly said...: Falstaff,
That's damn good from someone who says he's not an expert! No clue, really, but your pic seems to clinch it.

Krish
Innit?
And we have added some more now.; Wednesday 25 October 2006 at 02:52:00 GMT+5:30

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