And of course, I forgot to list the names! HAWO - Hairy WoodpeckerHOSP - House Sparrow NOFL - Northern FlickerAMGO - American GoldfinchHOWR - House WrenWEWP - Western Wood-PeweeLAZB - Lazuli BuntingPLVI - Plumbeous VireoLEGO - Lesser Goldfinch
------- Eric DeFonso Currently in Conejos County, CO On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 4:43 PM Eric DeFonso <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Robin for that reminder. You're absolutely right, the > time-honored convention for citing 4-letter bird codes in listserv messages > is to give the full name of the bird first before subsequent uses of the > 4-letter alpha code. Not everyone knows or remembers all the codes, and > doing it this way helps everyone learn! > > Eric > > ------- > Eric DeFonso > Boulder County, CO > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 4:01 AM Robin Biddle <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Eric ( and Ted) >> 😊😀 Somewhere in the depts of my laptop, I have Colorado bird codes. >> Sometimes you guys forget that you have an international readership. >> In the past i've seen postings from India, and I know other Brits follow >> Cobirds >> Good birding >> Best wishes >> Robin (England) >> >> On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 at 18:53, Eric DeFonso <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If I may toot my own horn for a second, I'd like to piggyback onto Ted's >>> post and mention that in the Colorado Birds Fall 2021 issue (v55, No 4), I >>> had an article titled "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" where I discussed >>> the phenomenon of mimicry in bird songs in Colorado. Like Ted, after giving >>> due credit to the main mimicry culprits like Northern Mockingbird and >>> Yellow-breasted Chat, I mentioned the Lesser Goldfinch as a "lesser known" >>> mimic that deserves more recognition than it has received for its >>> intriguing imitations. Referenced therein is another Colorado Birds article >>> from our own Hugh Kingery in 2004 where he tallied 25 different species >>> being imitated by LEGOs based just on his observations in the state! Sharon >>> Goldwasser's 1987 Master's thesis documented 39 different species being >>> imitated by Lesser Goldfinches in Arizona, including Tufted Flycatcher. >>> >>> In fact, one needs to be cautious in the vicinity of LEGOs for they will >>> also imitate other finches, both calls and songs. Just the other day during >>> my field season I was initially snookered by a LEGO inserting occasional >>> Evening Grosbeak sounds into its calls and songs. >>> >>> Good birding to all, >>> Eric >>> >>> ------- >>> Eric DeFonso >>> Boulder County, CO >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:35 PM Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> LEGO is the giveaway. >>>> >>>> Yeah, so I was whiling away the 2 o'clock hour this hazy, partly cloudy >>>> Wed. afternoon, Solstice Day, June 21, 2023, just south of the noisy >>>> intersection of 30th & Valmont when I heard quite a commotion in a tall >>>> shade tree along 30th. Hairy woodpecker, then house sparrow, then northern >>>> flicker, then American goldfinch, then house wren, then western wood-pewee, >>>> then lazuli bunting, then plumbeous vireo, and, through it all, a lesser >>>> goldfinch. >>>> >>>> I fumbled around my backpack for my cell phone, found it, pressed the >>>> red button, and got audio: >>>> >>>> https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/587098881 >>>> >>>> Those are the utterances of a single *lesser goldfinch!* Mockingbirds >>>> and starlings get all the glory for their powers of mimicry (and, to be >>>> sure, those two are indeed amazing mimics), but the lesser goldfinch is an >>>> astounding mimic, too. Seems like that goldfinch had spent some time in the >>>> foothills. That's why I'm calling the *Passerina* bunting flight call >>>> a lazuli bunting; but it's at least as good a match for the flight call of >>>> a blue grosbeak. And I'm applying the same probabilistic reasoning to the >>>> plumbeous vireo; but after my recent experiences with a territorial >>>> Cassin vireo <https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/582948651> up there, >>>> who knows! >>>> >>>> In any event, it's amazing what we're learning by simply pressing the >>>> red button on our phones. Or, as Nathan Pieplow put it recently: >>>> >>>> "*What does that mean, exactly? Heck if I know. But I do think it's >>>> another great reason why EVERY birder's first instinct upon hearing *[ >>>> *birds*]*—anywhere, anytime—should be to pull out the phone and hit >>>> record.*" >>>> >>>> >>>> Ted Floyd >>>> Lafayette, Boulder Co. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >>>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >>>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists >>>> https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >>>> --- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944fQhvgOX4bi_BZE0iPCu71Smoo5U%2BcmyfvN-aivg-nOVw%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGk944fQhvgOX4bi_BZE0iPCu71Smoo5U%2BcmyfvN-aivg-nOVw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >>> --- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFjVA_ac5VoAXYGbkRB3hgLRVLOe96_9nC2KaTfj84ZaEU0%2B4w%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFjVA_ac5VoAXYGbkRB3hgLRVLOe96_9nC2KaTfj84ZaEU0%2B4w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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