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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FalconBirder" data-source="post: 3334954" data-attributes="member: 36175">Happy New Year to all BF contributors, readers and moderators,This falcon looks as if it was in a bit of a hurry, so well done to Gladiator96 for capturing such an interesting and informative series of images.It's a pity that the bird was looking directly away from the camera in the first couple of shots and that much of its head is obscured by the body in the later ones.  The full crop also complicates matters by making the falcon appear more bulky than normal.I've found a photo of an adult (pale morph) Eleonora's Falcon on the web captured in a reasonably similar pose which shows that their wings can also appear rather slender in certain circumstances.  For comparison, I've placed that image between the two original photos helpfully lightened by Brian and Nutcraker.I don't think it's been mentioned before but I believe pale barring is visible on the underside of the primaries, particularly in the original third image.  And I've adjusted the contrast of that image to accentuate this feature.Finally, attached is a fifth image, again from the web, which is included to show that the wing formula of the bird under discussion is consistent with Hobby.In summary, taking into account the various features mentioned by others, including the particular need to consider age if it were an Eleonora's Falcon, I consider all the evidence points squarely to this being a Hobby.</blockquote>

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