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Plate by Andy Birch caurinus hendersoni griseus Acknowledgements to the dowitcher and shorebird gurus Richard Crossley Julian Hough Jean Iron Alvaro Jaramillo Frank Pitelka Kevin Karlson Ken Kaufmann Michael O’Brien Ron Pittaway Claudia Wilds What is Gestalt or Jizz? How Can Birders use It? Ruff Sharp- Pectoral tailed Sandpiper Sandpiper Upland Buff-breasted Sandpiper Sandpiper Gestalt ~ Anthropomorphizing field marks Humans have an innate ability to recognize each other Who are these people? Can gestalt be used as a field mark? Drawbacks no single gestalt field mark is conclusive gestalt field marks are hard to quantify gestalt field marks can vary Advantages when gestalt field marks are used together, one has a powerful tool for field ID CAVEAT No single field mark is fail proof Holistic field identification is emphasized OUTLINE FOR FIELD IDENTIFICATION • IMPORTANCE OF GESTALT • STRUCTURE • ALTERNATE PLUMAGE • BASIC PLUMAGE • JUVENAL PLUMAGE • DISCUSSIONS STRUCTURE = GESTALT = GENERAL IMPRESSION Gestalt = conservative field mark Gestalt birding is not meant to replace looking at details They should complement each other
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