Birding Blooper

[Carl Clifford <>]

After several trips to Malaysia, I had collected quite a few ticks  
for Scarlet Minivet, mostly in montane or sub-montane habitats. Very  
distinctive bird, no problem with ID. Ha. In 1995 on a wet day in  
Fraser"s Hill I did a bit reading through the field guides and  
discovered to my horror that the Scarlet Minivet only occurs below  
900m. A large percentage of my sightings had to have been Grey- 
chinned Minivets. After going back over my notes when I got back  
home, my number of Minivet sightings diminished significantly after  
crossing out all those sightings between 800m and 1000m due to  
uncertainty. Goes to show one should always read the fine print.
Carl Clifford
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