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New Quiz Bird on BQ Web Site

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Subject: New Quiz Bird on BQ Web Site
From: "Peter Ewin" <>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:46:28 +1100
Charles,
A female White-winged Triller and a Rufous Songlark can look very similar in the hand, particularly as you get adifferent perspective of sie (some birds look much bigger in the hand, but most look much smaller).
However, the easiest way to pick a Rufous Songlark is the rufous rump.
A pale rump says WWT.
Cheers,
Peter

From: Chris Charles <>
To: "Tim Murphy" <>
CC: "birdingaus (E-mail)" <>
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] New Quiz Bird on BQ Web Site
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:29:29 +1100

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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