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Before arriving at this page, I hope you have seen the "Bird List" for garden birds and also understood its significance. On this page, beside seeing the real photographs of the garden birds, the page also introduces you to a few useful topics relating to bird watching. Some skills that you need to pick up. and master 1] Names in Orange are family names, the common name. Then that in yellow are given names. In the bird watching circle, we use common names for communication. Whereas in discussion, the scientific names would be added for greater accuracy. 2] Besides knowing the names, the common names will tell you that in Malaysia, how many species of birds from that family would be available for sightings. Very often, birds from that clan have their own distinctive colors , preferring different habitats and Bird Watching is about hunting down the other species of each family to complete the pictures. Here odd cases where 2 Doves sharing the same habitats, whereas in case of the 2 Mynas, the Javan Myna is an intruder from else where. |
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3] The 3rd and also a very important skill is the blurry image beside the pictures. This is the silhouette or body profile of the bird. Very often in the jungle, a bird would be spotted, as new comer, you may not be able to instantly identify the "lifer", you should be able to recognize the body profile. [From reading up or prior research], you should have faint idea, which candidate that shadowy image should belong to. Doing homework does help in making intelligent guess. Thereby you could begin your search in the guide book. In these sudden encounters, birds would not stay very long waiting for you to ponder. Need to act quick, check record and reconfirm what you have noted. Size, color, features, distinctive markings etc. The fallacy here with the cameras, the image captured and is that so often posted on the internet. There are request for help to ID bird! This habit should not be happening. There are enough reading materials and circulation on the internet to learn and help yourself to hone your skills, rather than taking short cut |