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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnraven" data-source="post: 1636485" data-attributes="member: 14963">Of course being some kind of Gandalf-level uber-birder, I never make mistakes of any kind.  But, for arguments sake, if I were in some way fallible, I think I would keep in mind the need for caution.Whilst, like everyone else, I detest nasty accusations of incompetence towards those trying to learn, I also sense some people could do with slowing down a tad.  I'm sure a lot of rubbish news put out could be avoided by trying very hard to see the bird as well as possible and having a bit of a think about it all, before putting the news out.  Was that really an adult Stellar's Sea Eagle?  I'm only talking about a 10 minute delay here, for chasing/thinking purposes - nothing that's going to stop others seeing a mega.The term 'stringer' is perhaps too strong for this, but some people could definitely do with some more caution before diseminating news.</blockquote>