Jizz

 

Jizz is a birding term to describe    a birds unique  overall character and impression using shape, proportions movement etc. 

Once you become familiar with a species you pick up on the jizz to make a quick ID. Sometimes it gets you to a bird family quickly, or sometimes straight to a particular species. 

The words origin is unknown-  the WW2  origin is probably wrong as the term apparently appeared first in the 1920s

 

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