tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post115185848073589268..comments2023-10-26T09:46:09.197-04:00Comments on BIRDS ETCETERA: Gestalt at 70 MPHJohn L. Trapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001532550767505335noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-1151947562166451882006-07-03T13:26:00.000-04:002006-07-03T13:26:00.000-04:00Sadly, the reason for made up words such as GISS m...Sadly, the reason for made up words such as GISS might simply be that some even rather famous book writers have not done enough proper research or had enough wide ranging experience.<BR/><BR/>I remember my first Cuckoo id by gestalt rather fondly. Like you I remember thinking what a distinctive bird in flight it was.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the first use of gestalt by many people is the point where beginning birders quit putting their binocs on every vulture in the distance in hopes of seeing hawks. That gets pretty tiresome and leads to telling vultures from hawks by their gestalt pretty quickly.<BR/><BR/>Nice memories.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com