Personally, I know most of these codes, or I know where to find them; however, I would have stated in my email that an SUSC was a Surf Scoter and that an RUDU was a Ruddy Duck, or at the very least, I would have posted a link to a list of banding codes.
This used to happen on the Texas bird list where a few birders would post their lists in banding code because they thought it was "cute", but in reality not many people knew what they were seeing. I look at this as an OPPORTUNITY for an "advanced" birder to be a teacher and teach some of the newer birders the nuances of birding, and not to act like it's an elite hobby. There is already too much of that out there. Richard Richard L. Wood, Ph. D. Hastings, MN rwoodphd at yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Terence Brashear <birdn...@yahoo.com> To: mou-net at moumn.org Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:50:51 PM Subject: [mou] Banding codes Four letter codes are commonly used by ornithologists and banders. You can find the complete bird species list here: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/aspeclst.htm I found learning them as much fun as learning other components of bird watching and ornithology. Regards, Terry Brashear CO-MODERATOR MOU-NET Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. ----- To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request at moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20081021/76023d9b/attachment-0001.html
