Guide to use when misidentifying birds

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Leon Bright

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Aug 30, 2016, 11:50:19 AM8/30/16
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COBirders,

  Recognizing that many COBirders can feel intimidated by the posts of our superstars, and that even a few of those experts miss a call now and again, I offer this helpful link on How to Misidentify Birds With Grace and Dignity.  To activate the link, copy the title (How to…), paste it to a search engine (i.e. Google) and click.  Hope this brings relief and enjoyment.

Leon Bright

Westcliffe and Pueblo

 

Bill Schmoker

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Aug 30, 2016, 12:03:01 PM8/30/16
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One of my favorite birding quotes:

 Pete Dunne, from his 2003 book titled, Pete Dunne on Bird Watching: The How-to, Where-to, and When-to of Birding.

“The difference between a beginning birder and an experienced one is that beginning birders have misidentified few birds. Experienced birders have misidentified thousands.”

-Bill Schmoker, Longmont

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Joe Roller

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Aug 30, 2016, 2:34:36 PM8/30/16
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When a birder mid-identifies a bird, I pose this riddle:

Question: "What do John James Audubon, Roger Tory Peterson, David Sibley and you have in common?"

Answer: "Each of you has mis-identified a bird. You just did it more recently."

Joe Roller, 
Denver

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