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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim M." data-source="post: 1240772" data-attributes="member: 60675">Thanks Dave.  What I meant was it is sometimes better to be cautious when you are not that familiar with a bird, and wait until you learn more to try to make an ID, e.g. by seeing how a few ID threads develop.  Incidentally, I am one of the foremost experts on all known species of Martian birds.  (In fact, no one on earth knows more about them than I do). So if you come back from there with some puzzling photos I will be ready and willing to help out. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Cheers,JimI think I see a suggestion of spectacles in this photo also.  But nothing quite as pronounced as in the Sibley drawings.Best,Jim</blockquote>