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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SueO" data-source="post: 1654814" data-attributes="member: 33442">No worries Parker, I misunderstood my own posts in this thread. :-O Not very articulate this morning.  I just saw a clear mantle on bicknell's photo and the word Lanzarote and thought Lesser.  I should know better than to comment on distant shots especially when I don't have the appropriate books. When you wrote about a Common without spots I was caught offguard. I didn't know if that could be.  Anyway, thanks to Cau's post....'Common Kestrel never has a plain mantle like Lesser Kestrel.' and my husbands reassurance regarding the Lesser I saw in Lanzarote (he was with me), I am confident that I didn't make a mistake with my ID in Lanzarote.  I'm leaving it on my life list.B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Sue</blockquote>