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| Subject: | ID issues |
| From: | Susanne Gardiner <> |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Oct 2013 01:59:33 +0100 (BST) |
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Yikes! It's a bit like those "train your brain" pictures: is the bird flying towards you or away from you? Can you turn your perception back and forth? I would hazard to say it's NOT a LBB or LYB on account of relative body size to wingspan. Other than that I am at a loss. Could be a seagull or even a kite or little eagle. Squarish tail Wings fairly horizontal (not v-shape) Wing tips pointy Beak slightly hooked (?) Because of the focal length it's hard to really estimate body size, relative beak size and shape, relative tail length That's what I would look at as a fairly untrained birdwatcher. Looking forward to getting to read more "tricks of the trade". Susanne From: Geoffrey Dabb <> To: Sent: Wednesday, 9 October 2013 11:17 AM Subject: [canberrabirds] ID issues Bird ID issues are a current topic. Without any context how would you interpret the below, and why?  |
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