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Birders

2naSalit

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4. It took me a while to realize that and

Reply to elleng (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 05:57 PM

Dec 2020

Was confirmed by an ornithologist. The females are larger by about 30-40%, so when you see a mating pair, the big one is the female. They are hard to discern but the lips of the beak is the bets way when there's only one.

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Happy New Year! [View all] elleng Dec 2020 OP

and to you too! Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #1

That's a beautiful shot! 2naSalit Dec 2020 #2

Thanks. elleng Dec 2020 #3

It took me a while to realize that and 2naSalit Dec 2020 #4

I know that about size, have seen it via 'my' osprey pair elleng Dec 2020 #5