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Answers: the ambiguity of the flying shape

To: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Subject: Answers: the ambiguity of the flying shape
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:30:23 +1000
Geoffrey,
Well if you're going to do that, I request give some more time before giving an answer. I didn't see this one come in at all and a search on e-mail doesn't show I got it. When did you send it? I believe all your answers and would have got 9 at first try or 10 or 11 if I really tried. Probably a point in or between 9.5 & 10.5. I would have got no. 6 & 11. Also 3, 4 & 13 only confident to genus level. I can't see any heron or egret in 5 and the second photo isn't convincing, sure, the other bird is a heron. I wasn't there but I think it is a harrier. Or that is what it looks like. Herons have curved or bowed wings, whereas raptors (mostly) have straight wings, like this picture.
 
Philip
 
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