Actually these codes originated from the atlas projects in the 1970's. Sue -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > I think you guys need to take the course on how to do bird surveys. These are > standard banding codes. Look up banding codes - Google it - and you will see > that it's the coming way to abbreviate birds seen or heard. When surveying > one > does not have time to write down complete bird names. > > Al Warfield > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Blowers > To: acdbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxx ; warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx ; > va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: s.ridd@xxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 9:41 PM > Subject: RE: [va-richmond-general] Re: Cormorants on lakes > > > I agree. I would rather hear about robins than about AMROs. Besides, CAGO > means > "I poop" in Spanish. > > > > Jim Blowers > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ann Brooks > Sent: Monday, 2007 April 23 21:01 > To: warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: s.ridd@xxxxxxx; va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Cormorants on lakes > > > > ALL > > I certainly understand the desire to use the abbreviations for our birds, > especially when they are fairly obvious DCCO, but I have to tell you I think > this is a good way to turn people off. > > ANN BROOKS > > > On Apr 23, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Al Warfield wrote: > > Linda & I visited Three Lakes Nature Center (in Henrico Co) on Saturday - the > one that was featured in the Saturday TD - and saw DC Cormorants (DCCO) and > Canada Geese (CAGO) there. There was one CAGO nesting on an island. Also, > that's > a good place to see EABL and CHSP - on an asphalt path from one of the lakes > to > the parking lot. Other than that there were some TUTI and a few RBWP and DOWP. > > Al Warfield > ----- Original Message ----- > From: s.ridd@xxxxxxx > To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 2:02 PM > Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Cormorants on lakes > > Echo Lake in western Henrico County has spring migrating Cormorants.- Sue > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: tyler turpin <tylerturpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Mr. Barnett > > Thank you for reporting the Cormorants at U of R lake. They made a year > > round > > presence at Canterbury lake off Pump Road starting 3 or 4 years > > ago.Cormorants > > have made a great comeback in less than 20 years. In the early 1990's they > were > > only a few at the Jamestown Ferry dock. They are now year round even on > > Lake > > Robinson in Rockbridge County (the county around Lexington VA) I have > > started > to > > keep track of the ponds and lakes a mile or more from the rivers that do > > not > > connect to a river or only connect to a river by a mile or more of creek > > and > > contain Cormorants. I have the following locations so far by personal > > observation or listserve reports:What other inland locations can we add? > > > > Rockwood Park Chesterfield > > Swift Creek Reservoir Chesterfield > > Harrison Lake Charles City > > Canterbury Lake Henrico > > Tuckahoe Creek Route 6 vicinity Goochland/Henrico > > Curles Neck inland former gravel mine ponds Henrico > > Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Henrico > > U of R lake Henrico > > Byrd Park Lakes Richmond > > > > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject > > field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, > > //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > > > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject > field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, > //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.