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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenM" data-source="post: 3567381" data-attributes="member: 57880">Well clearly Mick was not confused......?I've replaced the 2nd image in post 42 (as it was not the intended image, my mistake...apologies, they all look similar when viewed as thumbnails) and taken out the Kestrel (3rd image), and have substituted it with an HB shot taken in Aug.'13. showing perhaps a shorter tail for HB? albeit this bird was migrating in a continuous level, flap, flap, glide. I don't know if when in this flight mode, a degree of tail compression is employed (less resistance for sustained flight?) Clearly the ''moving parts'' are not set in stone, which is very much a feature of BOPS...as we all know...or should? However on balance, to reiterate it would appear that consensually (posts...almost), support a feeling that it looked odd? (as compared to the lifetime of CB's that I've experienced).  I had the advantage of seeing it with the naked eye somewhat closer than the resulting images show. Of course I could have wished for better images, unfortunately there aren't any, much to my disappointment. Cheers</blockquote>