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New Quiz Bird on BQ Web Site

To: "Mike Simpson" <>, "'David Stowe'" <>
Subject: New Quiz Bird on BQ Web Site
From: "Greg" <>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:02:56 +1100
Hi Mike,

I think that attempting to identify a bird from someone else's photo is much more difficult than identifying a bird in the field, even from a moving car. In the field you get the size, jizz, and colour and also, hopefully, call. If the bird is flying the flight behaviour can be of value. I am sure that some people call a bird ID on too scanty information but there are a number of cues in the field not available in a single photograph. Maybe you are getting cynical but that is not always a bad thing.


Regards

Greg Clancy






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