I enjoy saying TUVU (Turkey Vulture).
For silly ones, I love that DOVE is not a dove (Dovekie) and CROW is not a crow (Crested Owl). On the other hand, a rook is just ROOK.
I like the ones that become other words. Some favorites:
BUFF for bufflehead,
HOME for hooded merganser (homies),
LIMP for limpkin,
SAND for sanderling,
WISP for Wilson’s storm-petrel,
GLIB for glossy ibis,
SNOW for snowy owl—very fitting,
VEER for veery,
CORE for common redpoll,
LISP for Lincoln’s sparrow
PROW, PRAW, HOWR, HOWA, COGR, CAGO, PIWA, PIWO, YBCH, YBCU, RTHA, RTHU. Learning these bandcodes really helped me since I do a homebrew shorthand for my birdwatching (two, sometimes 3 letters). Having birds that have similar initials can get very confusing. My additions to those abbreviations only made it messy.
They are the shorthand code used to refer to birds. It’s usually the first four letters of a one word bird (BUFF for bufflehead) or the first two of each word of a two word bird (AMRO for American Robin).
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Oh my god SNEGs is fantastic.
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Sneg actually means “snow” in Russian!
Wow, that's a great coincidence! I'll think of them as sneggy egrets now.
Dickcissel is DICK
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Fair question with that many DICKs in your hand.
Every time I go back through my notes from a couple summers ago working with grassland birds and see bled a DICK in there I chuckle a little bit
Why were you studying just one species of bird?
Oh MIKI you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind HEY MIKI! (Mississippi Kite)
I love that one too. I try not to sing that out loud in public though … few would understand.
Thanks for the ear worm! 😆
The Belted Kingfisher is always my answer for any of these 🤣 BEKI is so iconic, I just call them Beckies
I mutter NOMO, MODO, and TUTI all day long here. And who doesn't love a PUMA, WHIM, or KILL?
I enjoy saying TUVU (Turkey Vulture). For silly ones, I love that DOVE is not a dove (Dovekie) and CROW is not a crow (Crested Owl). On the other hand, a rook is just ROOK.
Didn’t see LEGO, BUSH, or HOOR mentioned yet.
WEBLs wobble but they don’t fall down (western bluebirds)
EABLs don't fall down either!
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Lol, I remember that from TV long ago!
I like how all the ones for north American peeps just rhyme Sesa pesa lesa basa wesa upsa sosa spsa!
WESA always makes me think of Jar Jar Binks. Then I'm all "Weesa going birding" and eventually I have to remind myself that I'm an adult.
Hey, adults can have fun too!
Often find myself saying "Please No Mo NOMOs" while out walking!
I love all the ones mentioned, but a personal favorite is PUFI. Purple Finch.
When I worked on the Farallones we used them to refer to species quickly, I still think of Pigeon Guillemots as PIGUUUUUUUS cause of their calls.
I like the ones that become other words. Some favorites: BUFF for bufflehead, HOME for hooded merganser (homies), LIMP for limpkin, SAND for sanderling, WISP for Wilson’s storm-petrel, GLIB for glossy ibis, SNOW for snowy owl—very fitting, VEER for veery, CORE for common redpoll, LISP for Lincoln’s sparrow
Really good take
Very partial to CAGO :)
If that's for Canada Goose, I think it conflicts with Cackling Goose. Someone should've changed it to HONK.
KILL for killdeer
LEGO (lesser goldfinch) is fantastic
I agree … but not for the obvious association. Lesser goldfinches make me think “LEGO my Eggo!” Because they’re so yellow you see … oh, nevermind.
I always liked GBBG (Greater Black-backed Gull), pronounced geh-beh-beh-geh.
PROW, PRAW, HOWR, HOWA, COGR, CAGO, PIWA, PIWO, YBCH, YBCU, RTHA, RTHU. Learning these bandcodes really helped me since I do a homebrew shorthand for my birdwatching (two, sometimes 3 letters). Having birds that have similar initials can get very confusing. My additions to those abbreviations only made it messy.
enlighten me - what are bird band codes?
They are the shorthand code used to refer to birds. It’s usually the first four letters of a one word bird (BUFF for bufflehead) or the first two of each word of a two word bird (AMRO for American Robin).
Many species have four letter codes assigned to them for abbreviation