Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxitilis) captured at Shiskat, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

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White-winged Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus) captured at Borit, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

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Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis) captured at Borit, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

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Great Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla) captured at Borit, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

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Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus) captured at Barsat, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

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Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) captured at Aliabad, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

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This bird has me stumped. Too many trees to get a better angle. Was large and disappeared in the blink of the eye after the arrival of two crows while I tried to get a better view of it. Had thought i was looking at an owl but it was its tail. Large bird.

Dark overall with heavy streaking extending on undertail coverts. Unfortunately the light was not great from this angle but I am uploading some photos including two with manipulated contrast from the RAW shots to bring the plumage pattern to light.

Thanks go to all of you and Eli G for confirming my thoughts that this is a dark morph red- tailed hawk. I was so amazed and a bit puzzled when I first spotted it being so very dark. Later in the day I spotted another dark morph not sure if it’s the same one but clearly from the same family. The 2nd one was spotted about 1/4 mile from where I saw the first one. On a side note the owner of the property had rescued a hawk looking like this a couple of years earlier. Had a gunshot wound. It was rehabilitated and released back on his property when it healed a few months later. I work at the rescue center he took it to.

I've been looking for this species for what seems like forever. Wow, there it was - along the beach in the early morning. Thank you, @dpom & @greglasley for all the hundreds of " No, Liam, that's a Kestrel. " Worth the hunt....

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2nd cycle bird, pearly blue cast to mantle and scaps, outer rects patterned, primaries had more of a HERG ghost pattern. Gentle, attenuated curve to upper mandible.
Wing pattern in this hybrid seems to hold true
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wlIpzGue6SY/VKhcVFzr-zI/AAAAAAAAELU/eXEE4XkzWK0/s1600/1711.jpg
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Similar to bird previous reported here
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66719439
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