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| To: | Canberra Birds <> |
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| Subject: | Skylarks |
| From: | Paul Taylor <> |
| Date: | Thu, 19 May 2005 21:31:41 +1000 |
wrote:
> Easiest thing is skylarks have a crest, pipits don't.
>From memory, Bill Oddie in his "Little Black Bird Book" explained how to
"string"(?) a Skylark into a Richard's Pipit. The key point was "Keep
your mouth shut about that crest!", or words to that effect.
Another rule-of-thumb is if it's perched on fence post, it's a pipit.
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