[orebird] Re: OR eBird subspecies/regional list - Excel

  • From: Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:15:38 -0700

Haha, sorry that I forgot to take Captain Jack Sparrow off this list! 

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> On Mar 24, 2015, at 11:50, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for doing this Russ. I think it will really be helpful.
> 
> Within seconds of scanning the list I noticed a certain imposter; one that 
> primarily occurs in the Carribean, could theoretically occur here, but seems 
> unlikely.  :-)   Savvy?
> 
> Matt
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ok, so I took the list that Dave proposed and put them in an Excel 
>> spreadsheet.  The first page (tab at the bottom) is labeled WEST and the 
>> second is labeled EAST.  One can click back and forth.  The only thing that 
>> differs is the list of 18 counties.  
>> 
>> **Since Dave Irons sent an old version of Microsoft Word (97-2003), I'm 
>> assuming that he doesn't have the updated version.  Perhaps others don't 
>> either.  I have saved it in both the old and new versions, but am only 
>> uploading the old so that all may view it.
>> 
>> The only grammatical change that I made different from eBird is listing 
>> minima  as
>> Cackling Goose (minima or Ridgway's) instead of Cackling Goose (minima).  
>> All the other CACG subspecies have a common name.
>> 
>> I have added the owls to the list.  In theme with the thought that birds in 
>> the Wallowas/Blues are associated with the Rocky Mts., the Northern 
>> Pygmy-Owl (Rocky Mts.) would be different than Northern Pygmy-Owl (Pacific).
>> 
>> I didn't know what to do with Ruby-crowned Kinglet and couldn't find 
>> specific names to put in parenthesis.
>> 
>> I didn't know what to do with Common Yellowthroat.  Are "Pacific" birds west 
>> of the Cascades and "Western" birds in central/eastern OR?
>> 
>> I also have ???? next to Savannah Sparrow and Spotted Towhee.
>> 
>> I listed the Red Crossbill types that should occur in OR as well as the 2 
>> Evening Grosbeak types here as well.
>> 
>> Russ
> 

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