Why confuse the issue by inventing yet another coding system? Shorthand is
great for
field notes and makes sense for information exchange when we all use the same
system. The tetranome system accepted by the Bird Banding Lab and the AOU is not
difficult. A guide can be found at
Hi all,
I managed to another lunch time at Mundy. I did come across the flock in
Pawpaw grove area. They stayed pretty much ± 100 ft radius. This seemed a
smaller group still about 25+ birds. I am not sure if yesterday's group left
and new arrived or some of them left and others arrived. Group
Thanks for the alert, Dave, without which I would not have kept my eyes to the
sky and sighted the eight or so nighthawks working over my place in Commonlands
this evening at 7:30, a couple low enough to discern the white wing patch with
the naked eye. They presently made their way SE, more or
John, As I tried to indicate in my message, I did not just invent this system. It was already in use for some time as of the mid-1980s at the Lab of O in conjunction with other organizations, including federal researchers. Perhaps they have since abandoned it (I don't know) but I find it very
