[EBB Sightings] Harris sparrow at Sunol, SPTO escapes bobcat!

Les,

Close enough.  You missed two:

HEGU - Helmeted Guineafowl
YEWA - Yellow Wagtail

Congratulations!

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:31:03 -0700, Les Chibana  wrote:

>Joe,
>How's this:
>"On yesterdays pelagic we saw many Buller's Shearwater, Red-necked 
>Phalarope, Herring Gulls and Heerman's Gulls. I also have a Bushtit 
>building a nest in my yard and the Ring-necked Pheasant in our local 
>cornfield was very striking, but the HEGU [bunt] in the cage at the zoo 
>was quite a surprise. The Cerulean Warbler in my yard got quite a rush 
>from birders, but they were disappointed when they arrived to see only 
>a flock of Cedar Waxwings instead. The Black-throated Green/Gray 
>Warbler was a nice consolation prize. While waiting for the Cerulean 
>Warbler, several people commented on how similar the flight calls are 
>between Yellow Warbler and Yellow-throated Warbler. [reaching...]
>I'm not sure, but I think the Carolina Wren sometimes imitates the song 
>of the Canyon Wren and while checking through our local California 
>Towhee flock I found the first state
>record of Canyon Towhee."
>Well, the obvious solution is to use BULS, RENP, HERG, HEEG, BUSH, 
>RINP, CERW, CEDW, BTNW, BTYW, YWAR, YTWA, CARW, CANW, CALT, CANT. I do 
>and I always know what I mean... Yeah, right!
>Les
>On Apr 26, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Joseph Morlan wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:06:46 -0700, Les Chibana  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Basic etiquette (usually unwritten) for most bird lists suggests that
>>> posters spell out a bird's common name at the first usage followed by
>>> whatever code you use. Thereafter, the code can be used.
>>
>> These codes are fine for personal notes or entering banding data, but I
>> think are best avoided otherwise.  Here's a contest.  How many bird 
>> species
>> can you identify in the following message:
>>
>> On yesterdays pelagic we saw many BUSH, RNPH, HEGU and HEGU. I also 
>> have a
>> BUSH building a nest in my yard and the RNPH in our local cornfield was
>> very striking, but the HEGU in the cage at the zoo was quite a 
>> surprise.
>> The CEWA in my yard got quite a rush from birders, but they were
>> disappointed when they arrived to see only a flock of CEWA instead. The
>> BTGW was a nice consolation prize. While waiting for the CEWA, several
>> people commented on how similar the flight calls are between YEWA and 
>> YEWA.
>> I'm not sure, but I think the CAWR sometimes imitates the song of the 
>> CAWR
>> and while checking through our local CATO flock I found the first state
>> record of CATO.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044  jmorlan (at) ccsf.org
>> Birding Classes in SF start Feb.8  http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/
>> California Bird Records Committee  http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/
>>
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Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044  jmorlan (at) ccsf.org 
Birding Classes in SF start Feb.8  http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/
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