[Birdtalk] Banding code trivia

[Thomas Williams]

The code for Snowy Egret is SNEG which happens to also be the Russian word for snow.

Tom Williams
OIT Communications and Training
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From: birdtalk-bounces at utahbirds.org [mailto:birdtalk-bounces at utahbirds.org] On Behalf Of JOEL and KATHY BEYER
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:06 PM
To: ryan at biology.usu.edu; birdtalk at utahbirds.org
Subject: RE: [Birdtalk] Banding code quiz

I too find it easier to use the bird banding codes in the field and when entering my sightings in AviSys. After some thought and a quick check of my AviSys data base I found these 4-letter birds:

Sora, Ruff, Smew  -  ABA area
Iiwi, Omao  -  Hawaii
Rook  -  Europe
Kagu  -  New Caledonia
Weka  -  New Zealand

More than I expected!

Joel



> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:49:42 -0700
> From: ryan at biology.usu.edu
> To: birdtalk at utahbirds.org
> Subject: [Birdtalk] Banding code quiz
>
> Okay, while we're on the subject and just for fun. . . A friend told me
> once that there were five species whose banding code is the exact same
> as its official common name. I can think of two right now, but I wonder
> if anyone else can think of any more? I'll start you off with one:
> Sora. (I don't even know for sure that there are five - that's just
> what he thought he had heard.) How many can you think of?
>
> -Ryan
>
> Ryan P. O'Donnell
> Department of Biology and the Ecology Center
> Utah State University
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>
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