I agree that seeing the subject in person is critical, but I've noticed
that sometimes photographs of a bird I've taken don't match my
memory of what the bird looked like. Which is more valid? I submit that
my memory is more subjective than my photos. I actually don't see how
the black patch can be shown in photos to be not solid from several
different angles--granted there appears to be alot of black--but not solid.
Hopefully I'll be getting a "live" look at it this afternoon.
wjansen
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On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, M. Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Wes Jansen wrote:
> > I saw at least six pictures from the front--none showed a SOLID black
>
> First, pictures can never be as reliable as seeing the bird yourself. I
> agree with Kathleen that the bird had a sizable black patch underneath, I
> believe I mentioned that in an earlier post. However wet matted feathers
> can also appear to be 'black' patches, as I've seen on some Song Sparrows.
>
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> Michael R. Smith
> Univ. of Washington, Seattle
> whimbrel at u.washington.edu
> http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html
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