Field Notes

Dave Irons
2. by Dave Irons on June 18, 2010 at 12:25 am

This species often looks headless in flight as the head is proportionally very small and featherless. Unlike most birds of prey and other large soaring birds, there is virtually no extension of head and neck in front of the wings.

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Citation: Personal Experience. I observe this regularly, highly confident.

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