A good philosophy, Alan.
But unfortunately mostly I have a fleeting glimpse of a bird and a solid
permanent field guide, whose illustrations gnaw away at what I think I
saw. So in the absence of a superzoom SLR (or a good gun - hey just
kidding!) I don't really have the bird. It comes back to the notes. But
they necessitate one looking away besides taking time to write them
down. Also in Asia, forest birds tend to arrive in waves which can
overwhelm my writing abilities. I think I need an easily activated,
light, voice recording device attached to my bins/scope to collect my
observations in real time when birding in unfamiliar regions. Any
suggestions out there in Birding-aus-land?
Cheers
Mark
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From: Alan McBride
Sent: Tuesday, 28 July 2009 10:53 AM
To: Stanley, Mark M
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Subject: Bali Trip Report July 2009 - corrected.
Rich Stallcup in the US once said: If you have a bird and you also have
a book:
Believe the bird, not the book!
Cheers
Alan
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On 28/07/2009, at 12:48 , Stanley, Mark M wrote:
Bali Trip Report July 2009 - corrected.
Thanks to Frank Hemmings for pointing out a couple of errors in my
report:
It was a Javan Myna not "Bali" Myna I may have seen - the glimpse I got
recalled the Jungle Mynas of Singapore (and definitely not a Bali
Starling!). Also it was a White-headed Munia not a White-rumped Munia -
another cut and paste here.
I looked up the illustration of his suggestion of a Javan Grey-throated
White-eye in HBW and its picture is very similar to the birds I saw at
Bedugul. I definitely would not have picked it from the Field Guide so
thanks for his suggestion here. Following the difficulty I had at the
time with identifying the Javan Whistling Thrush from the illustrations
I will treat the pictures with a more sceptical eye in future. The HBW
illustrations of a more orange breasted race of the Golden Whitler is
also much closer to the mark. Next time I go birding in Asia I may need
to hire some porters to haul the 13-16 volumes of HBW around!
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