EBBird list archives improved
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:26:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Rauch
Much thanks to Larry Tunstall, creator of the EBBird discussion list and www archive!!
Larry has made some recent enhancements to the archives so that each posting has its own URL label, and can therefore be easily referenced in later postings and/or other documents. E.g., to reference the posting "Changing Status of East Bay Birds 4 Nov 1998 15:06 Steve Glover", just tell people to go to
http://www.best.com/~folkbird/EBBC/a9811c.html#0403
You might want to tell someone about the birds in Tilden Park. One way to do that is to find all the EBBird postings that mention Tilden, and then gather up and send those URL addresses to your someone.
Also, Larry has "threaded" the postings so that you can now easily follow a topical thread when reading the archive. The archive index is located at:
http://www.best.com/~folkbird/EBBC/archindex.html
Thanks Larry for the good work.
Peter
EBbird origins and archives
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:48:44 -0800
From: Larry Tunstall
Thanks to Peter for the kind words. I'd just like to make clear that the East Bay Birders Circle was originally created by Mike Feighner. It existed for several months with each member keeping his/her own address list and sending each message to all the other members. I happened to have an Internet Service Provider that provided automated list-hosting services at no extra charge, so I created the automated list EBbird and have acted as "list mom," a job that involves very little work.
More recently, I decided to create the webpages and list archive, and that takes considerably more work. I'd like to thank Peter Rauch for suggesting many of the new features that make the archive easier to use and reference (and for helping iron out the problems in the first trial versions).
Some people have wondered why I edit the messages on the website to expand abbreviations and make other small changes. This is because we do have "visitors" to the site from all over the world, and some abbreviations or "nicknames" that are obvious to local birders need some expansion for outsiders. Even US bird names might not be clear in abbreviated form.
If you have other suggestions, let me know. However, I would like to try to leave the URLs of the messages unchanged from this point on - for the convenience of Peter and others who may be using them as references.
Good birding,
Larry Tunstall
EBbird "list mom"
El Cerrito CA
http://www.best.com/~folkbird/
EBbird website:
http://www.best.com/~folkbird/EBBC/
Re: Jays and acorns?
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:35:01 -0800
From: Doug Shaw
Emilie wrote:
Another possibility is that the female Steller's Jays put on so much fat during the fall that they were able to produce extra clutches of young. Do jays produce more than one clutch?
I checked A Guide To The Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds, second edition by Baicich and Harrison 1997 for clutch information. Stellar's Jays only have one brood per season.
I wonder if the STJA movements have any correlation with the general montane species wanderings this fall such as RBNU [Red-breasted Nuthatch] and EVGR [Evening Grosbeak].
Doug Shaw
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Interesting "neighborhood list" bird
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:38:36 -0800
From: Becca Freed
This morning I saw a hermit thrush (smallish one) sitting on a telephone wire in a residential area of North Berkeley, chucking. Definitely a first for me.
Becca Freed
Berkeley, CA
Steller's Jays
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:14:02 -0800
From: Don Lewis
Doug Shaw wrote:
I wonder if the STJA movements have any correlation with the general montane species wanderings this fall such as RBNU and EVGR.
Good thought but I lean toward Emilie's idea about the bumper acorn crop or something similar. This is because here in Lafayette I have Steller's jays in my yard year around. Usually 2 or 3. However, since early summer this year I've been inundated with them. Minimum of 5 or 6 and probably more, maybe lots more. Therefore, it would seem to have been a very successful breeding season. That might explain seeing them in new places like Berkeley but not far from breeding territory, i.e., post-breeding wandering but local, not necessarily coming from afar.
Unusually successful breeding could be due to lots of food last fall or winter or spring or this summer, I guess. Or the right sort of weather or a decrease in predators.
Don Lewis
Lafayette, CA
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