[texbirds] Banding Codes on TEXBIRDS
- From: David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:40:29 -0500
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TEXBIRDers,
The sole use of banding codes like this are discouraged on TEXBIRDS.
If you are going to use them the recommend way is to use the birds
full name on first use with the code in parenthesis then use the
banding code. For example: Black-tailed Godwit (BTGD) then use BTGD.
In the post below we can assume the post was about the Brazoria County
Black-tailed Godwit, but the code used is actually the code for
Bar-tailed Godwit.
>
> The BTGO was in the close pond at the usual place at 4:30 pm today, the 22nd.
>
In this case if someone is searching the archives for posts on the
Black-tailed Godwit even if they thought to use the banding code they
wouldn't find it. Out of context someone would also think there has
been a report of Bar-tailed Godwit.
The 4 letter code system has a lot of collisions in forming the codes.
There are many collisions like this where two birds have the same code
if you make up codes from the basic pattern. The banding codes have
about as many exceptions as they have "regular" codes. That's why I
recommend they not be used on TEXBIRDS. Using my recommend style will
allow the convenience of a 4 letter code and the context to interpret
the code either correct or incorrect.
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David Sarkozi, LIst Owner TEXBIRDS
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