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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HH75" data-source="post: 3250399" data-attributes="member: 61">As per Stonefaction's last post, attached are two images of mine of a resident adult Common Buzzard at a site near me escorting an intruding 2cy bird off of its territory. Note, especially in the first image, the apparently smaller head and/or longer neck of the 2cy. Such birds also often glide on flatter wings than one might imagine, in an effort to present less of a threat to any adult Common Buzzards whose territories they may fly through. I'd not like to age the subject bird for certain, but the wing and tail proportions in at least one image do suggest that it may have been a 2cy. Likewise, there doesn't seem to be a broad dark trailing edge to the underwing, but there's too much noise in the images showing this to be certain.In the second image of Ken's original post, in particular, the structure screams Common Buzzard. I don't see Honey Buzzard regularly, but, thanks to recent and ongoing increases in Ireland, I do see Common Buzzard regularly these last few years, and such a posture when 'getting the hell out of Dodge' is very common, covering ground quickly without having to waste energy flapping. It looks shorter-tailed in that, too, and probably too much so for Honey Buzzard.                                           Regards,                                                Harry</blockquote>