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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matt_RTH" data-source="post: 1630137" data-attributes="member: 53715">Exactly.  I'm glad to see that logic like this.Here are some real world situations:A. I've stated this before. The infamous Alaska guided trip where the guide pointed out marbled murrelets in that were basically black dots on the water.  No tick. Frustrating but no tick.B. Out on a guided walk at a local coastal reserve, a very reputable participant points out a glaucous wing gull. I see in passing but couldn't tell it from a California or Western at the time (point in learning curve) and from the view. No tick. C. RBA reports a relatively unlikely sandpiper, a Semi Palmated at the local patch.  It's in a group of several scores of Westerns.  A nice fellow birder points out and gets into view with a scope.  Points out key field marks. Tick.</blockquote>