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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nobbyball" data-source="post: 3581085" data-attributes="member: 89778"><p>When people start quoting in bold in text and you can't see facial expressions then that's a contentious game in the land of social media conversations... when people also start to put their identification on a population near where they live when we know how geographically variable birds can be then again that it is an interesting philosophy to take. For example some areas have a dominant population of darker Common Buzzard and people maybe never see lighter phase birds. First light phase bird they see must be Rough Legged Buzzard because all the photos in their area are dark phase birds.  I know it's an extreme and different comparison but I'm just saying. Different birds and different plumages exist out there. So please be careful with the use of BOLD and the context you use it... Kind Regards <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> At the end of the day we're just trying to solve a puzzle and we should all appreciate the variation out there...</p></blockquote><p></p>