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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wolduS G" data-source="post: 3280431" data-attributes="member: 131554"><p>The location was disclosed to two very skilled photographers with equipment capable of taking images at long distance, as we were advised not to publicly disclose the location we thought this was the only way to try to obtain a positive identification, unfortunately the bird had moved on and has not been seen in the locality since the initial sighting, we acted on the advice of a knowledgeable person and apologise if we have offended anyone by not disclosing its whereabouts, it is the fact that some people are not willing to accept our decision that is annoying, and to suggest that there is a divide between photographers and birders is nonsense, we take photographs of wildlife because we are passionate about wildlife and birds in particular, there are two sides to every story, but some people choose to listen to only one.</p></blockquote><p></p>