Michelle and I both did our obligatory life bird dance this morning but after reading Dan's post we decided that a life bird "lap dance" would make a nice tradition also.......and so it was. ;-) On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Janice Martin <redwing@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Wait! I thought it was beginning to get interesting! > > Janice > > > > *From:* bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Jerry Thornhill > *Sent:* Sunday, July 06, 2014 3:25 PM > *To:* 'buchanan county bird club' > *Subject:* [bcbirdclub] Re: Desk Birding - 2 Life Birds! > > > > Please, Dan. This is a family listserv! > > Jerry > > > > *From:* bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ > mailto:bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On > Behalf Of *Daniel Kendrick > *Sent:* Sunday, July 06, 2014 11:50 AM > *To:* aquilaet@xxxxxxxxx; buchanan county bird club > *Subject:* [bcbirdclub] Re: Desk Birding - 2 Life Birds! > > > > Ed, > Congrats. Since you just got 2 life birds while laptop birding and I > believe that you are required to do a life bird dance(s), you could > conclude that it would be considered a Lap Dance! (I once had that happen > to me once, but it was kinda smokey, dark and ......) > Dan > > ------------------------------ > > From: aquilaet@xxxxxxxxx > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 09:15:50 -0400 > Subject: [bcbirdclub] Desk Birding - 2 Life Birds! > To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Buchanan Birders, > > > > Got in a fantastic hour of birding this morning at my desk and even > managed to pick up a couple life birds in the process. I was checking over > my life list with the recent changes to the ABA list and realized that I > could add two more life birds to my list. > > > > The first was the recent split of the Sage Sparrow into the Bell's Sparrow > and the Sagebrush Sparrow. Michelle and I have seen this species in both > the Sacramento Valley of California and Arches National Park, Utah - our > first life bird of the morning. > > > > Next the Winter Wren populations have been split into the Winter Wren in > the east and the Pacific Wren of the west. I've got video of this bird on > both coasts so chalk up another life bird for us! (#515 on the ABA list) > > > > We also changed the name of Common Moorhen to Common Gallinule. Now if > the AOU would just approve the Yellow-chevroned Parakeet breeding > population in the Miami area......... > > > > Ed Talbott > > Richmond, KY >