How familiar is this story when it comes to ID/ng larks/pippits
http://lauraerickson.blogspot.com/2007/04/funny-story-from-iraq.html
sorry you;ll have to cut and paste
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Really interesting and amusing Even through the dangers our lads face they have time to birdwatch and LOL
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Brilliant!! Love it! :-)
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LOL.
Had a similar experience when scuba diving in Tobago. I used to be pretty good at fish recognition, but mainly in UK waters. I found all sorts of unfamilar stuff over there.
I asked the Tobagon dive guide, "You know those fish at the end of the reef?"
"Which ones?"
"Yellowish - a big shoal of them all hanging together..."
"?"
"About this big.."
"With big eyes..."
"Ah, yes, what about them?"
"What're they called?"
"Oh, they're called 'big eyed fish'."
lol, what else could tjhey have been called ? lol
looking forward to your report and phots Diogenes
It was a long time ago, but a true story.