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Bird ID

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Subject: Bird ID
From: mariko buszynski <>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:03:33 +1100
I would like to make a comment on bird identification.  When I see an unusual bird in our garden I want to make sure it is the bird I think.  When I saw a female Satin Bowerbird in our garden for the first time I was 99% sure of its identification.  But in the past I made a wrong identification and surprised experienced birders. (It was not in Australia).  They never laughed at me but were simply surprised that I should see such a bird in such a place and at such a time.   I now have a field guide to Canberra birds so I would not make a wildly wrong guess but I want to have a confirmation.  Unfortunately (or fortunately) I cannot keep up with modern technology and cannot send a photo to the chatline.  I wait for monthly meetings to accost members with my blurred photo.  I sometimes forget to bring my camera to a meeting. I wish I could send it to the chatline, people are so helpful.
I also find identifying immature birds very difficult.  An immature Grey Butcherbird was not grey at all. I first thought it could be a young Kookaburra.
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