A profound statement

When you tell your neighbor, or your friend, “ That is an accipiter” , well then you have a leg- up on your neighbor. Your neighbor might be impressed with your knowledge. And then you say “ Accipiters can be difficult to identify”.

Now I am thinking— yes accipiters can be difficult to identify— as you have just signified, when you called “ accipiter”, but, you did not call the species— nail the species. You have observed Goshawks, your friends have observed Goshawks, your neighbors have observed Goshawks. Yet, here is the rub. You are not misidentifying raptors (Goshawks), you are just not reporting on them! This is a reflection of your comfort zone! Also, is it possible that you came out of your comfort zone, briefly? Why did you go back into your comfort zone? Was it because of that profound statement (probably by Pete Dunne). Hawks in Flight— Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton. Copywrite 1988. Page 55. NB.