Pale Common Buzzard at Saaremaa, Estonia
I was today at Sõrve, Saaremaa with my birding friends Jyri Reinikka & Rainer Häggblom. The weather was nice and lots of birds around; Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) , Grey Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) , Red Knots (Calidris canuta) , Woodlarks (Lullula arborea) , Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) and many, many others. Also couple of late butterflies, Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta) , were still in flight. But during this morning the buzzards stole the show. Between 08:20 - 10:30 we saw 5 Rough-legged Buzzards (Buteo lagopus) and 71 Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo) . One of them was really interesting, it was so called "Börringe-type" Common Buzzard i.e. a very pale individual. This was first time ever I saw this kind of buzzard. Later I found a photo of possibly the very same individual from Antero Lindholm's and Annika Forsten's webpage. If you're interested in these pale buzzards, take a look at their page , there's more photos of them. (Ph...