While some might immediately recognize the species represented here, others may have to work out the ID. That difference is often the primary one between skilled, experienced birders and others. Research on how skilled practitioners of birding has shown that such use a different portion of their brains to identify individuals of species they know well than do birders that do not know the species well or at all. The first use a portion of the brain that recognizes… stuff, things, birds, whereas the others need to use the slower, more-taxing problem-solving portions of the brain.

The quick hit of features that include upperparts coloration; tail length and coloration; those thin, white wing bars, and the odd bits of brownish color on the flanks probably allow many to slap their mental ID buzzer and call out…