Nature Done Wright

Don Torino's latest column for wildnewjersey.tv is a funny look at the perils of bird identification. Here's a preview:

"A few
weeks ago a friend, very excitingly, sent a photo around of a bird he
later realized he misidentified. He felt very badly about his slipup and
saw a need to apologize for it.

"I explained to him that there was
really no need since every birder makes mistakes; only nowadays our
blunders make it all over the World Wide Web.

"A wise old birder once
told me that the only difference between an experienced birder and a
beginner is that the expert has misidentified more birds.

"But my friend’s apology got me thinking. What if I had to apologize for every bird I misidentified?" …

The link is here.