A Greater Spotted Eagle has been seen and photographed by several of the birders recently. Simon Tull then posted some images of an Eastern Imperial Eagle, one of them showed it in the company of the GSE. This was exciting stuff. Seeing the two eagles together, and also in that there are only 4 previous sightings of the Eastern Imperial Eagle in the records of QBRC. I decided that I had to try and find this bird and add it to my list of raptors for Qatar. I thought that the plan had come together beautifully when I also saw two eagles together, and from a distance one appeared lighter than the other. On approaching, the lighter bird flew off first, whilst the darker bird seemed more relaxed. On asking the experts to deliberate on my images they both turned out to be GSEs. Will just have to keep on looking. Greater Spotted Eagle in soft early morning light (1) Greater Spotted Eagle (1) Greater Spotted Eagle flying low over the deck (2) It lands on this rocky mound (2) On the look out from the mound (2) If being able to see and photograph the two eagles was not enough, I was able to record another new tick for my Qatar list. My first sighting of a Long-legged Buzzard. Thanks to Gavin Farnell for correcting me on my ID of this raptor. I initially thought it was a Steppe Buzzard. Long-leggted Buzzard Shortly after lift off showing the under-wing pattern By way of comparison here is an image of the recently recorded Steppe Buzzard
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