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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 3352159" data-attributes="member: 32998">re: brightly coloured clothing ...Since birds see into the uv end of the spectrum that we don't, it stands to reason that clothing (eg white T-shirts, think 'glowing' under clubbing uv lights) or other bright colours may well stand out a lot and make you more conspicuous.How close you get to species varies a lot too - a flock of Long-tailed Tits will almost ignore you at close range, whereas others are far shyer (eg in the UK), so if you can remain still and bend into the background you have much better chance of good views at times.</blockquote>