Hello, Birders. Back on Wed., Dec. 10, I saw and briefly digiscoped a bird with characters of FUERTES'S HAWK. That is not the same thing as saying I saw a Fuertes's Hawk. Location: near the intersection of 61st and Valmont, Boulder County. Here's a link to the photo and discussion: http://tinyurl.com/FuHa-12-10
Something else. From time to time on COBirds, we discuss the use of four-letter codes (a.k.a. "banding codes" or "alpha codes"). Some people hate them. Some people swear by them. Nobody is neutral. And I note that there's an interesting commentary and discussion about all of this, going on right now, at The ABA Blog: http://blog.aba.org/2014/12/open-mic-the-deal-with-alpha-codes-part-1.html I'm just the messenger. Although if you want my opinion on the use of four-letter codes in birding listserves, I'm the guy with his finger stuck far down his throat... :-) Seasons greetings to all of you! Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/508aefaf-26c3-431c-b3cd-0a8442adc5ef%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
