I think a simple solution would be to do as Bruce suggests. If you're reporting a Northern Shrike (NSHR), spell it out at first reference and follow it with...
Here's a link to the Bird Banders code if anyone's interested. http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/sname.htm This same topic came up in TexBirds yesterday. Jim...
As a long-time birder who has not banded birds, I appreciate seeing the bird's name so I don't have to guess. Thanks, Bruce. Maureen Geiger Foster Youth...
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Apr 1, 2003 2:30 pm
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Les (alias LECH or LESC?), Ali, Bruce, Dennis, Lola, and all: I agree totally with Bruce's point of view. What is the problem with spelling out the full name...
What the newspapers have discovered is that EVERYTHING should be spelled-out on first reference, then shorted on subsequent references provided the ...
I know we're overdoing this thread, but Joe's post points out what is wrong with any four-letter code - too many collisions. Whichever 4-letter system one...
OK, in the spirit of the day and to put an appropriately absurd end to this thread, below is a little piece that shows how much fun you can have with ...
Hi all, Late this morning an adult LITTLE GULL was present at the City of Davis Wetlands (eastern Yolo County) flying around the Wastewater pond with a small...
For what it is worth, Joe King = JOKING. He(?) subscribed this morning to the list using an untraceable yahoo name Bruce Webb (moderator) Granite Bay,...
Did anyone look for and find (or not find) the Red-throated Loon reported from Lake Solano last week? It looks to be the first country record in 22 years. ...
Hi All, I looked for the loon on Saturday- east and west of the island. Calvin D Lou San Francisco ... From: Steve Hampton [mailto:shampton@...] ...
Lou, Calvin
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Apr 1, 2003 10:27 pm
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I basically agree with Bruce. When you get into six letters to get accuracy in the code, you might as well spell out the AOU names. The codes are useful for...
Jon Winter
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Apr 1, 2003 11:55 pm
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I looked unsuccessfully for the Red-throated Loon on Sunday morning. I checked the part of Lake Solano alongside Putah Creek Road but not the part by the...
Wow, who would've thought a little ol' Townsend's Warbler could've caused the truckload of email in my inbox? Moving right along..... Today at Cosumnes River...
... Well, some of us occasionally do. I'm known to use words like "sneg," "modo," "greg" and even "burble" (brbl). I wouldn't, of course, actually use these...
I agree with Kevin and Bruce and.... I use Pocket Bird Recorder on my Pocket PC in the firld and I can just start writing and the program finds the first name...
I call a bird by its full ( to at least species) name, as a matter of respect. Dave Froba [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dave & Sharon Froba
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Apr 2, 2003 10:18 pm
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On April 2, thousands of shorebirds remained in the rice paddies on the north side of Davis Wetlands. Most of the Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlin are near...
Hi All: I just found this list and I am hoping that all of you knowledgable people will be able to tell me what is the normal life span of the Hooded Oriole? I...
For longevity records for North American Birds, based on band recoveries, see the link below. http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/longvrec.htm The oldest...
Jeff Davis
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Apr 3, 2003 4:10 pm
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Yesterday afternoon along Road 27 just east of Hwy 505 in western Yolo County (opposite residence no. 32625), there were 113 Swainson's Hawks on and over a...
I've received information that the Red-throated Loon was refound on March 30, 1980 on Putah Creek near the base of the Monticello Dam. Steve Hampton ...
At least two purple martins were at a traditional nesting site at the Business 50-Hiway 99 junction overpass in mid-town Sacramento yesterday, April 2. These...
Perrone, Michael
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Apr 3, 2003 6:01 pm
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Dear Birders, The previously reported adult male Cape May warbler was still at Larchmont Park in Sacramento this morning. I found it in the oak overtopping...
John and Glennah Troc...
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Apr 3, 2003 6:48 pm
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Okay, I created a bunch of confusion. Here's what happened: I received email that a Red-thr Loon was seen March 30, 1980, didn't notice the year, copied and...
I know I've asked this question in the past, but would anyone please give me some leads on a good "scope" store. Please remind me Lodi? also Mendocino??...
Hi all, For the past two mornings I've had the rare opportunity to go for a morning walk (normally I start work at 6:30). I missed the Cape May Warbler both...
Hi All, I got my American Birding Association (ABA) sales catalogue today. The book published by San Joaquin Audubon in 2002, "Birding in and Around San...
Hi all, This morning, 4/4/03, at around 9:30 I found my first Warbling Vireo of the year. It was along the American River Parkway upstream of Larchmont Park...
