Birding 1-March-2009, Kromslootpark, Almere

Also no report written on the day, so the memory fades along with the details. Viv was with me this time, and we had the pleasure of seeing a harrier (Hen Harrier I believe) and a buzzard at the same time in the air, circling above us in the sky. The distinctive slender wings and tail of the Harrier juxtaposed against those of the Buzzard. A telling contrast given the running claims of a walking partner of Viv’s who is claiming most buzzards to be harriers. The trots van Flevoland, de Bruine Kiekendief, an emblem is all too easy to dream into the silhouette of our more common “preyer”.