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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PaulD" data-source="post: 1750725" data-attributes="member: 11840">Sorry I must be a bit slow this afternoon, but are you suggesting that I used mean distance travelled rather than longest distance travelled because that suited my argument better?If you compare mean distance travelled then Eagle Owl comes out as less sedentary than Tawny and Little Owls (52, 15 + 15 km respectively).If you compare longest distance travelled then Eagle Owl comes out as more sedentary than Tawny and Little Owls (528, 725 + 600km respectively). It follows that if I was intent on showing that Eagle Owls were sedentary birds I would only have quoted longest distance travelled. But I didn't,  I used mean distance travelled because I felt that was a more appropriate figure (it helped even out differences in sample sizes).If I've misunderstood you, then apologies - please clarify.</blockquote>