Egyptian Vultures have bright yellow bills and heads, ruling them out
pretty effectively. It's nice that the bird was tied down so close for ID
purposes- wish that would happen sometimes with flycatchers when I'm out
there ;o)

Thomas Knight
http://conservationheroes.blogspot.com



On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:49 AM, <notcalm at comcast.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Ian.
>
> Neat and startling video. Glad everyone flew away.
>
> Could this be a vautour percnoptere?
>
> http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/egyptian.vulture.html
>
>
>
> Dan Reiff
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Thomas Knight" <dipperdog at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Ian Paulsen" <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
> *Cc: *tweeters at u.washington.edu
> *Sent: *Monday, October 31, 2011 12:48:45 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Tweeters] Russian paraglider vs. raptor
>
>
> It looks like a Himalayan Griffon Vulture to me, but I need to get back
> home to my reference books to be 100% positive about that ID.
>
> Thomas Knight
> http://conservationheroes.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net>wrote:
>
>> HI ALL:
>> >From Youtube:
>>
>> http://youtu.be/N65ALqiBW_o
>>
>> Although the caption says eagle, it looks like a vulture to me, but which
>> species?
>>
>> sincerely
>> --
>>
>> Ian Paulsen
>> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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