Pallid Harrier!

Yesterday I went to Lövstaslätten to see if I could hear a Quail. As we got there two other birders pointed to the sky. "Have you seen the Pallid Harrier?"
Eeep!
Grabbed my binos and saw a ringtail harrier flying around. Quickly got the scope up to see it more properly, and tried to see how to identify it. It flew around us, and then disappeared in the grass. Phone calls were made, and some other birders apparently had identified it as a Montagu's... all I was left with was a memory of a young harrier, flying almost falconlike and fast along the ground.

Anyway. Since I wasn't really happy having an unidentified harrier I went back this morning. Found the bird immediately sitting on a well, and snapped some pics. It was raining heavily, so soon went back home and uploaded the pics to Svalan. And lo! It turned out it WAS a Pallid! Very nice, a lifer for me.






Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) , 2 cy male