Expecting Kestrels two larger looking birds arrived and circled the area outside my abode near Creek Park for a minute before moving on. Much broader winged than Kestrels - appreciate any feedback.
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Hi Tommy. Please do not change your style, appreciate your humour and all the help you give. Great to hear I have a Shikra in my collection. We often get Sparrowhawks in our garden at home.
Thanks Mark. I'll try to keep my mind open to possible cryptic comments in the future - admit to being a bit flummoxed. I hope to get there eventually - now know many, many more bird identities than I did a year ago but it has been a struggle, especially during season changes.
I think you're missing Tommy's cryptic hint to your previous ID request, Bob... ;-)
https://www.uaebirding.com/forum/identification-problems/shikra-i-thought
Thanks Tommy - assuming you are indicating Kestrel. Thought it might have been a buzzard of some kind. Just the slow circular gliding that brought back memories of the Common Buzzards I used to see over the golf courses in the UK - I also had the impression that it was larger than a kestrel. On the subject of breeding. Since we arrived in our new apartment a week ago I noted that on a number of occasions in the early morning 'the family' congregated on a roof in the same area and often the larger of the birds looked towards a wall which I couldn't see. Do Kestrel nest in crevices on roofs?
They are most likely breeding in the Dubai Creek Park
You know it already. What you think it is, is actually what it is ;-)
Another image.