a newcomer may ask. The old hands don't mind passing on their secrets to tyros. "Gray spotted plovers have dots when they're young but circles when they're older," they say, and "the wear and tear on the tips of its feather shows it's an adult." Looking bird brained, the newcomers keep nodding their heads.
新鳥友常趁此「每事問」，老鳥友也借此面授機宜，培養新秀，「灰斑的幼鳥斑紋是斑點狀，成鳥是圓圈」「羽毛尾端磨損嚴重，是成鳥沒錯」，只見和鳥兒一樣傻氣的新鳥友頻頻點頭。