Have you noticed that Ned Brinkley posts the complete English name and
ALSO the scientific name. Surely we can follow his example at least
with complete English name. It would help many of us.
I also agree with the post suggesting more complete geographic
information. "Seen at the neighborhood lake" tells me absolutely
nothing.
Another suggestion... keep it simple. We don't need to know you were
driving to the grocery store after taking a child to school, or on the
way home from Sunday church.
Ann Kirk
Cape Henry Audubon
Chesapeake, VA
On Sep 12, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Michael Lowry wrote:
One compromise might be to use the 4-letter Alpha codes long used by
banders. Here is a web link to acompilation from the Bird Population
Institute sorted in phylogenetic order and in alphabetic order by common
name.
http://www.birdpop.org/alphacodes.htm
The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has them sorted by common name and by
the alphacode.
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/bandsize.htm
Note that the example given of BTGW is not such a code because it is not
unique.
For a fall, Virginia sighting, an (East Coast) Black-throated Green
Warbler[BTNW] is not unusual but a (West Coast) Black-throated Grey
Warbler[BTYW] would be an outstanding rarity.
Mike Lowry
Newport News, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: KarenNyere@xxxxxxx [mailto:KarenNyere@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:52 PM
To: pbsullivan2@xxxxxx; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings
Here, here to Paula and Mike! Karen Nyere Alexandria
In a message dated 9/12/2010 10:41:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pbsullivan2@xxxxxx writes:
Just want to second the motion for Mike Webster's posting re bird names but
add another point insofar as postings are concerned.
Too often the poster assumes familiarity with their local birding
geography. Please!
let us all know where that bird is that you are so excited about. It isn't
enough to name
some road or feature that only folks in your locality know. This is a huge
state, tons
of territory. Put the city or county in that posting as we so often have
no idea where
you are talking about.
P.B. Sullivan,
Spotsylvania County
Postscript: my hummer brigade numbers fewer each day.
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