hammy@ctt.bellcore.com (04/19/91)
newsgroups: rec.birds Most of the names I've seen so far seem familiar. Lorien and I have a few more though, like: BBB : Boring Brown Bird - any as yet unidentified sparrow, fall warbler, etc. Of course as soon as it's identified it loses the "boring", unless it really is :-) Chewink : rufous sided towhee - from one of their noises. Leaf Bird : those small clusters of dead leaves that stay in the top of a tree well into winter. (also garbage bird, mooring post bird, etc.) John. _____
jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt) (04/19/91)
In article <1991Apr18.132518.0820@MEMPHIS.wif.ctt.bellcore.com> hammy@ctt.bellcore.com writes: >BBB : Boring Brown Bird - any as yet unidentified sparrow, fall warbler, etc. > Of course as soon as it's identified it loses the > "boring", unless it really is :-) I've heard this as a more charitable "LBB", for "little brown bird". -- "We found on St. Paul's only two kinds of birds - the booby and the noddy.... Both are of a tame and stupid disposition, and are so unaccustomed to visitors, that I could have killed any number of them with my geological hammer." (Charles Darwin) Kathleen Hunt / jespah@milton.u.washington.edu
grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) (04/22/91)
In article <1991Apr18.230929.24136@milton.u.washington.edu>, jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt) writes: > >BBB : Boring Brown Bird - any as yet unidentified sparrow, fall warbler, etc. > > Of course as soon as it's identified it loses the > > "boring", unless it really is :-) > I've heard this as a more charitable "LBB", for "little brown bird". I've heard it as LBJ - little brown job. > -- > that I could have killed any number of them with my geological hammer." > (Charles Darwin) Kathleen Hunt / jespah@milton.u.washington.edu -- --- Greg Pasquariello grp@unify.com Unify Corporation Be good and never poison people
dgilles@darwin.genetics.washington.edu (Doreen Gillespie) (04/23/91)
In article <1991Apr22.083026@Unify.com> grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) writes: >In article <1991Apr18.230929.24136@milton.u.washington.edu>, >jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt) writes: > >> >BBB : Boring Brown Bird - any as yet unidentified sparrow, fall warbler, etc. >> > Of course as soon as it's identified it loses the >> > "boring", unless it really is :-) >> I've heard this as a more charitable "LBB", for "little brown bird". > >I've heard it as LBJ - little brown job. > Then there's always the infamous was-bird--"Well, it _was_ there!" Also, in terms of turkey vultures, better known as tv's, be sure you identify them as black-and-white(immature) or color(mature). -- "The average is one-third, and some have even less." --lecture quote Doreen Gillespie dgilles@genetics.washington.edu
e343gv@tamuts.tamu.edu (Gary Varner) (04/24/91)
A birder friend and I coined "ADF" for "Another Damned Flycatcher." My gloss on the family: "God was having a bad day when he made the flycatchers." _______________________________________________________________ | | |____ Gary Varner | | ___| | Philosophy "It's too late to die young." | | \ * | Texas A&M -- Gregg Brown | | \/\ / e343gv@tamuts.tamu.edu | |_____\___/_____________________________________________________|
edm@verdix.com (Ed Matthews) (04/24/91)
In article <15184@helios.TAMU.EDU> e343gv@tamuts.tamu.edu (Gary Varner) writes:
My mom, who lives in Alabama, calls Carolina Wrens, Loudmouthed Yankees.
I'll call her and try to find out where she learned that. Anybody else
ever heard this or know its provenance?
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