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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JWN Andrewes" data-source="post: 3149842" data-attributes="member: 7131">Jos is probably your best bet for Spoonie site as he found it himself. Being taken round by Ian & Games unfortunately meant one's grasp of one's place in the world could get a bit vague.It was the whiteness of the face that clinched it. Because it was someone else that called it first meant I didn't quite have the experience of picking it out myself, rather just closely comparing it with nearby birds, and it had but the faintest of smudges in front of the eye, barely reaching a third of the way or so across the lores to the bill, and the white on the forehead extended further up. It wasn't really a stand out bird, and required a good deal more scrutiny than I'd realised, to the extent that it wasn't till I got home and had a web trawl that I was totally satisfied with the ID. As I've said upthread I was less prepared for this trip than any other before, and this is the one species I wish I'd been more ready for!Good luck if you go.CheersJames</blockquote>