Really enjoying this thread.
It makes me even more in awe of the illustrators.
How do they decide on the median subject & then distill it to paper?
What is the process?
Each reply convinces me in turn but I think I will have flutter on
Rufous Songlark which seems to address the pale bill & legs problem
with WWTriller .
Chris Charles
On 06/11/2006, at 7:01 PM, Tim Murphy wrote:
The damn bird didn't call and didn't fly. It only moved once when
it shifted
on a branch showing its WHITE rump and a lot of white on its wings.
Tim Murphy - by now terminally confused. (Bring back nice easy
waders.)
-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of Greg
Sent: Monday, 6 November 2006 5:03 PM
To: Mike Simpson; 'David Stowe'
Cc: 'birdingaus (E-mail)'
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] New Quiz Bird on BQ Web Site
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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