[va-richmond-general] Re: WEVI nest destroyed
- From: juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx, <catbird329@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 00:53:27 +0000
could also be West Virginia........
Julie
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From: "Al & Linda Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Margaret,
>
> That's White-eyed Vireo.
> It's usually done like this: It's a;ways 4 letters. With a hypenenated word
> you use the first letter of each word making up the hyphenated word. For a
> non-hyphenated word it's the first 2 letters of the word. Therefore WEVI for
> White-eyed Vireo. For a single word bird name like Killdeer, it's the first
> 4 letters (KILL). If the bird name is 2 words like Blue Jay, its BLJA. For
> yellow-bellied Thumb-sucker it's YBTS. (That's a joke!) There are some
> variations because of the same combination resulting from more than one
> species. For all the band codes of all the birds in the world, try one of
> these websites.
> http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/aspeclst.htm#L
>
> http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/aspeclst.htm#E
>
> If you have bird list software such as Avisys it's really easy to enter data
> using band codes. You can even make up what you think is the right code and
> enter it. If there are several possibilities they will be listed and you can
> choose the right one. Of course banders use them too, as do people doing
> surveys of birds. Due to the amount of grief I encountered when I used them
> earlier I don't use them on the Listserv anymore without definition. But
> it's a good idea for serious birders to at least know how they are derived.
> I learned about them in Aimee Weldon's bird survey course. I doubt if YBTS
> would give a good bird, but who knows?
>
>
>
> Al Warfield
>
>
>
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> > What is a WEVI, please?
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