humminbird
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Jane Turner said:Its strange how people can see and record the fieldmarks of much more difficult challenging species, identification-wise, well enough to have them accepted by national committees.
With a cool mind, it would take a few seconds to be sure about the dorsal stripe on a perched bird... see the bill in a couple of orientations to be sure its not a reflection. Cetainty about a lack of red on the head might take a little longer, and the extent of white in the wing would be the hardest, requiring a lot of concentration as the bird flew.
I'd leave the debate about whether a description was too good to be true to others. In any case its really not an issue yet is it!
Certainly seems to be. Need I remind you that a state records committee HAS accepted an id?