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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomjenner" data-source="post: 1750537" data-attributes="member: 8453">One thing to try and avoid is the attitude "I've seen all of those so I don't need to bother with them any more". Its an easy trap to fall into and something that I have found myself doing in the past. When I first moved to Central America I was glad to see my first Least Flycatcher, my first Willow Flycatcher, my first Hammond's Flycatcher etc. They are hard, so once I had seen them all I didn't bother much to identify others I came across. However, once I started working on my website I had to start making lists for each site in the region and I wanted to get some idea of abundance. I found I went out with a different attitude, trying my best to put a name to everything I saw. I already had 20 years of birding under my belt, but I found that this approach really improved my ID skills.  It was also a lot more enjoyable working on birds with a goal in mind and having the satisfaction of sorting them out correctly.Tom</blockquote>