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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jan-Paul Charteris" data-source="post: 1252521" data-attributes="member: 71800">Great for comedy value though. Also a valuable lesson for the few that need it that being able to see the bird in the photo is a good precursor to being able to identify it. Fair enough there have been other poor photos on this forum. I vaguely recall a mystery raptor in flight that looked about as much like a dragonfly as a raptor, but at least you could see it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Suppose at least to get something out of this thread someone could have a go at identifying the tree, although I'm not sure the photo is clear enough to do that either...Jan</blockquote>