SUSC is a surf scoter. RUDU is a ruddy duck. It's the protocol used by bird banders for many years that takes the first two letters of each word in a two-word species. In the case of a one-word name, the first four letters are used, so osprey is OSPR. In the case of a hyphenated adjective or name, the first letter of each word is used; a Red-winged Blackbird is a RWBL.
This is my understanding of the system, at any rate. I'll be happy to stand corrected. These abbreviations have caught on with online folks, I expect, because it's faster than typing it all out. Just as you get OMG! for "oh my God!" and FWIW for "for what it's worth." Steve Foss See www.stevefossimages.com for guided photo excursions and full-service photography "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin --- On Wed, 10/22/08, sue <suekeator at earthlink.net> wrote: From: sue <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mou] Fwd: SUSC relocated To: jbaumann at usfamily.net Cc: "mou" <mou-net at moumn.org> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 9:09 AM #yiv547300186 {font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;} me also Sue in Edina MN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Oct 21, 2008 7:01 PM To: Jim and Charlene Nelson , Bob Cc: mou-net at moumn.org Subject: Re: [mou] Fwd: SUSC relocated and me. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim and Charlene Nelson To: Bob Cc: mou-net at moumn.org Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [mou] Fwd: SUSC relocated me too. On Oct 21, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Bob wrote: Thanks since i am one of those people ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Wood To: mou-net at moumn.org Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [mou] Fwd: SUSC relocated There are probably some on this list that don't know what a SUSC or RUDU are.? Perhaps one could be considerate of those people? Richard ?Richard L. Wood, Ph. D. Hastings, MN rwoodphd at yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: "drewbec at aol.com" <[email protected]> To: mou-net at moumn.org Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 2:16:20 PM Subject: [mou] Fwd: SUSC relocated I just received this update from Bruce Fall. Drew Smith -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Fall <[email protected]> To: Drewbec Smith <Drewbec at aol.com> Sent: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 1:54 pm Subject: SUSC relocated Hi Drew,? ? At about 12:45 I relocated what most likely is the SUSC that you found. It was all alone, about 400 m W of the far E end of Black Dog L. (access from the E end outflow--I walked W along the fishing path to near the small peninsula). It was an immature/female, and behaved much as you described (frequently rising up out of the water with its front end). It flapped once, showing all dark wings. Lighting was poor but sufficient to see field marks at relatively close distance of about 150 m. It also kept its tail cocked or horizontal, above the water surface, giving it the superficial appearance of a RUDU tail. Might be worth rechecking that RUDU at the W end, although I think that bird was too small for a SUSC. Thanks for telling me about this bird.? ? Bruce? __________________________________________________ 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. --- 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. --- 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. --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! --- --- 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/20081022/6371f3be/attachment-0001.html
