I find identification of our birds much easier when I learn their calls. I need to see them actually calling. Of course we have a few good mimics. I often hear a bird out of season and realize it's an Australian Magpie. In forested areas the Lyrebirds are so good at mimicry that it's only when you hear something like a train, or a chainsaw, or the click and wind of a camera, that they give themselves away.
Thank you for the picture Raptor as well as for the thread.
Cheers, Joy