Dunno wat hawk,eagle,kite is this?

[kcuf2]

This must have been the luckiest day of my 2 years birding journey. This is the first time i seen a hawk/eagle/kite so close to me. I always see white bellied sea eagle but they are always flying up in the sky..

I was standing under another tree shooting king fisher when suddenly my gf shouted to me tat she saw a bird that is real BIG... i ignore her at first as my view of the kingfisher i m shooting is excellent, and i dun wan to sacrifice my kingfisher shots.

However, she shouted to me again when the BIG bird fly to the river and grab a fish and fly back up into a tree. When i turn my head to her, i can see the BIG bird flying with a fish in the leg up onto the tree... I immediately heck care the kingfisher and run to the tree where the BIG bird is..and oh my gosh... its really a very pretty sight that i will never forget in my life...

I wanted to go nearer to the bird, but in between me and the bird is some very thick and large pile of construction mud and i can only stand approx. 20-30m away and see/shoot the BIG bird.

From wat i estimate, the bird is ~ 80cm tall and the wing span is easily 1-2m wide... The only sad thing is on that day, the sky is super uber overcast and the lighting is ultra terrible. I had no choice at all but to up the iso to 640 on my D70s and ya, it sux. But thank god i just bought the SB800 a week ago and i can use a higher speed and use the flash to compensate for the additional lighting required.

This is the best image i can salvage, hope u guys enjoy it... btw i hope someone can identify this BIG bird... i have no clue wat it is... definitely not a white bellied sea eagle, not a brahminy kite, not a black shouldered kite.... is this a changeable hawk eagle?

#1


The iso is already very bad at 640, but the compression made it worst... i got no choice but to use very very low quality to make it under 100kb to upload here

#2


Not a really good day for me though as it was raining and stopping and raining and stopping the whole day, and i forgot to bring my umbrella! i m drenched through the whole body but luckily my lowepro bag got the AW cover to make it waterproof and protect the equipments...

[tanhb]

I can feel your excitement, good catch.

[DeSwitch]

Look like a changable hawk eagle but I'm no expert in this..

[budak]

Should be a sub-adult white-bellied sea eagle (2nd or 3rd year), which has a more mottled plumage.

[cajuca]

hmmm... grey headed fish eagle

[kcuf2]

Originally Posted by budak Should be a sub-adult white-bellied sea eagle (2nd or 3rd year), which has a more mottled plumage.

but then the belly is not white...its some sort of brown + dark grey rojak together...

[budak]

They don't develop the solid white belly until the 3rd-4th year; see http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/bird...eucogaster.htm and http://besgroup.blogspot.com/2006/06...sea-eagle.html and

[kcuf2]

Originally Posted by budak They don't develop the solid white belly until the 3rd-4th year; see http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/bird...eucogaster.htm and http://besgroup.blogspot.com/2006/06...sea-eagle.html and

oh my gosh, thanks for the link!!! MUACKZZZZZ
so its after all a white bellied sea eagle that landed

[wing oscar]

Originally Posted by kcuf2 oh my gosh, thanks for the link!!! MUACKZZZZZ so its after all a white bellied sea eagle that landed

haha... after all it still need to rest & eat de mah... anyway nice catch... i think u must b happy till cannot slp ba...

[kcuf2]

Originally Posted by wing oscar haha... after all it still need to rest & eat de mah... anyway nice catch... i think u must b happy till cannot slp ba...

hahahahahaa nah... i m not happy... i m very very very very very very happy first time see a eagle in front of me in the wild, the feeling is like a dream come true...

at first the eagle never look at me, but after i flash flash him a few more times it turned and look at me, hence this pic... i was actually hoping it will fly to me though

[wing oscar]

Originally Posted by kcuf2 hahahahahaa nah... i m not happy... i m very very very very very very happy first time see a eagle in front of me in the wild, the feeling is like a dream come true... at first the eagle never look at me, but after i flash flash him a few more times it turned and look at me, hence this pic... i was actually hoping it will fly to me though

it ur day...

[vbs1979]

Originally Posted by kcuf2 This must have been the luckiest day of my 2 years birding journey. This is the first time i seen a hawk/eagle/kite so close to me. I always see white bellied sea eagle but they are always flying up in the sky.. I was standing under another tree shooting king fisher when suddenly my gf shouted to me tat she saw a bird that is real BIG... i ignore her at first as my view of the kingfisher i m shooting is excellent, and i dun wan to sacrifice my kingfisher shots. However, she shouted to me again when the BIG bird fly to the river and grab a fish and fly back up into a tree. When i turn my head to her, i can see the BIG bird flying with a fish in the leg up onto the tree... I immediately heck care the kingfisher and run to the tree where the BIG bird is..and oh my gosh... its really a very pretty sight that i will never forget in my life... I wanted to go nearer to the bird, but in between me and the bird is some very thick and large pile of construction mud and i can only stand approx. 20-30m away and see/shoot the BIG bird. From wat i estimate, the bird is ~ 80cm tall and the wing span is easily 1-2m wide... The only sad thing is on that day, the sky is super uber overcast and the lighting is ultra terrible. I had no choice at all but to up the iso to 640 on my D70s and ya, it sux. But thank god i just bought the SB800 a week ago and i can use a higher speed and use the flash to compensate for the additional lighting required. This is the best image i can salvage, hope u guys enjoy it... btw i hope someone can identify this BIG bird... i have no clue wat it is... definitely not a white bellied sea eagle, not a brahminy kite, not a black shouldered kite.... is this a changeable hawk eagle? #1 The iso is already very bad at 640, but the compression made it worst... i got no choice but to use very very low quality to make it under 100kb to upload here #2 Not a really good day for me though as it was raining and stopping and raining and stopping the whole day, and i forgot to bring my umbrella! i m drenched through the whole body but luckily my lowepro bag got the AW cover to make it waterproof and protect the equipments...

i saw a bird similar to this one a few weeks ago at choa chu kang. i was in my 10 storey flat when i saw a bird with a big wingspan flew past. i quickly grab my D70s with 70-300 to try to get a shot. Manage to capture a lousy shot. Will try to post tonight so that i can also can an ID of the bird.

[Red-I]

Congrats... I know the feeling. The first time I saw an eagle close range I was so excited almost forgot to shoot

[kcuf2]

Originally Posted by Red-I Congrats... I know the feeling. The first time I saw an eagle close range I was so excited almost forgot to shoot

hahahaa... thanks so, which eagle did u spot?

[Red-I]

Originally Posted by kcuf2 hahahaa... thanks so, which eagle did u spot?

A juvenile WBSE. Link here:

http://www.avianwatchasia.org/forums...ead.php?t=4899

Cheers