[obol] "Blue Jays" etc.

[David Heath]

Indeed, studies have shown (to coin a phrase) that people who are incompetent (more or less by definition) lack the competence to know how incompetent they are.

David Heath
Portland
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Escue 
  To: OBOL 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:23 AM
  Subject: [obol] "Blue Jays" etc.


  I wonder how the GBBC counters who reported rare species classified their birding skills.  For instance, it is common for people I have known who are not birders  to call scrub jays blue jays without giving it a thought.

  I classify myself as a "good" birder even though I have birded for over twenty years because I do not have the skills to determine subtle differences in some species. Maybe some birders are not aware of their own limitations in ID'ing birds.

  Just a thought.

  Tom Escue
  Springfield


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