[texbirds] Re: Use of Codes on TEXBIRDS
- From: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 07:13:47 -0500
Then we have the problem of multiple systems in use.
For example, USGS uses BNOW for Barn Owl, while Pyle uses BANO.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> .
> What would one expect the code for White-cheeked Pintail to be?...For sure
> it is not WCPI...Fortunately a number of these birds with confusing codes,
> we just don't encounter often if ever in Texas.
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> Brush Freeman
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> Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > Not always the case...I guess the code endures as long as a bird is
> > suspected of living. Oldsquaw is now LTDU, Black-shouldered Kite is WTKI
> > etc.per Cornell. Some examples are downright confusing. BTYW, BTNW,
> > WREN etc.
> >
> > **********************************************************************
> > Brush Freeman
> > 503-551-5150 Cell
> > 120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
> > http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
> > Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Judy Kestner <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> To make it more interesting, Bert Frenz advised me that when a bird's
> name
> >> is changed (Rock Dove - RODO - becoming Rock Pigeon for example) the
> code
> >> does not change!
> >>
> >> Judy Kestner
> >> Corpus Christi
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "David Sarkozi" <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: "Robert White" <glqman@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: "Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 3:40 PM
> >> Subject: [texbirds] Use of Codes on TEXBIRDS
> >>
> >>
> >> > Robert and others,
> >> >
> >> > Please note that the TEXBIRDS Rules require that you use the full name
> >> > of a bird at least once in the message, for example Barn Swallow
> >> > (BARS) and afterward you may use the code.
> >> >
> >> > the reasons for this are simple
> >> >
> >> > 1) someone searching shouldn't need to use the bird banding codes to
> >> > do a simple search and just easier reading.
> >> >
> >> > 2) many times people don't use the correct code! There is a simple
> >> > format for the bird banding laboratory codes, but because of
> >> > collisions in the format many aren't what you think they are. For
> >> > example from the messages in this thread, Barn Swallow is actually
> >> > BARS and Bahama Swallow is actually BAHS, BASW is not actually a valid
> >> > code!
> >> >
> >> > From my own experience I used to import all my records into eBird via
> >> > a spreadsheet at the end of the day using the banding codes. To my
> >> > horror once I saw a bunch of Cerulean Warblers showing up under my
> >> > name on the rare bird alert because I was using CEWA for Cedar Waxwing
> >> > instead of CEDW, the proper code.
> >> >
> >> > The list of the actual codes can be found at
> >> > http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/speclist.cfm
> >> >
> >> > The codes can be a useful short cut if everyone knew them and they
> >> > were always used correctly, but please give everyone a chance and use
> >> > the full name once so we can all know the magnificence of your
> >> > sighting!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > David Sarkozi
> >> > Houston, TX
> >> > (713) 412-4409 twitter ID dsarkozi
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Robert White <glqman@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> >> At lunchtime I went for a walk behind my office in NW Harris
> >> >> County. Thanks to reading this forum I
> >> >> learned a few years ago to abbreviate my sightings, but I don't know
> >> all
> >> >> the official
> >> >> ABA designations. I can tell, though, that if I wrote down either
> >> >> RBWO or RBWP I saw a Red Bellied Woodpecker. No one else needs to
> know
> >> >> about my ignorance. I've even started saying to myself "There's a
> >> >> NOCA" or whatever.
> >> >> Here's my dilemma. I
> >> >> am entering my list into e-bird and I came to BASW. Can someone tell
> >> me
> >> >> if I saw a Barn Swallow
> >> >> or a Bank Swallow?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks in advance for your help.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Bob White
> >> >> Spring, TX
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