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Levina de Ruijter

Levina de Ruijter

Posted: 09 Jun 2014

Taken: 09 Jun 2014

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1/2500 • f/5.6 • 400.0 mm • ISO 400 •

Canon EOS-1D Mark II N

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

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Canon •
In-vlucht •
Canon 1D Mark II N •
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM •
Waterland •
BIF •
Vogels •
In-flight •
Dieren •
Buizerd •
Birds •
Animals •
Nederland •
The Netherlands •
Amsterdam •
Common Buzzard •
White Buzzard •
Witte Buizerd •
Witte Buizerd van de Poppendammergouw •
Poppendammergouw •
Levina de Ruijter •
Buteo buteo •

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Common Buzzard / Buizerd (Buteo buteo)

Common Buzzard / Buizerd (Buteo buteo)
And there was also this guy this morning. A beautifully light coloured Common Buzzard. He was a distance away and it's a bit of a crop, but he's so handsome that I've uploaded him anyway.

EDIT: I just learned that this particular bird is known by the local birders as "The White Buzzard of the Poppendammergouw" (the region where it resides). How cool is that?

, , Jim Boynton have particularly liked this photo

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 Jim Boynton
Jim Boynton
Nothing common about the shot though! Love all the clear sky surrounding him. Most shots I've seen of buzzards are very uncomplimentary, but this one looks majestic...like an eagle.
9 years ago.
Levina de Ruijter has replied to Jim Boynton
Oh, Buzzards are great looking birds! Although in the Americas birds of the genus Buteo are called Hawks. Different nomenclature again! I wish they would stop doing that as it's confusing.

I just found out that this particular Buteo buteo is a bit of a rarity and known as "The White Buzzard of the Poppendammergouw" (the latter is the specific region in Waterland where it resides and is said to probably have a nest). It is unusually white coloured. But he is beautiful, isn't he?

Thanks very much, Jim.
9 years ago.

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