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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Owen Krout" data-source="post: 3401984" data-attributes="member: 131330">Yellow-rumped it is!Well, never mind that.  Just another case of never having seen a female Yellow-rumped in real life before.  The ID Forum is indeed a great place to get an iffy ID verified - or shot down as the case may be. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  The antithesis prevails.My engineering training leads me to look to authority for verification but having worn a "Question Authority" button around during my hippy-dippy days (which can be accredited to either Timothy Leary or Benjamin Franklin according to your leanings) tends to cause me to ask them why. :hippy:</blockquote>