GWWA

[Steven Mlodinow]

S side of Stalker Lake, west end
Steve Mlodinow

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County?

Eric DeFonso
Boulder, CO

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[Steve Stachowiak & Melody Egge]

Cobirders,

For those out birding without access to the internet, Stalker Lake is west
of the town of Wray in Yuma County.

Good Birding,
Steve Stachowiak
Highlands Ranch, CO

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[Deborah Carstensen]

Okay, am I the only one that doesn't know what a GWWA is?
Deb Carstensen, Littleton

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[Paul Hurtado]

GWWA is the 4-letter code for Golden-winged Warbler. 

There are two sets of such codes: the USGS BBL (Bird Banding Lab) codes, and the IBP (Institute for Bird Populations) codes. The latter codes are more complete, and are the codes used by eBird to speed up data entry (i.e., you can enter WCSP and it will recognize that is the code for White-crowned Sparrow).

The rules for constructing these codes from bird names are pretty straightforward, so if you'd like to learn these codes I'd recommend learning the rules and memorizing the list of exceptions, and not trying to memorize all the codes individually!  Here are some "cheat sheets" to get you started.

Download in PDF or Word format at https://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10/birding.html

While they're for Ohio birds, so list of exceptions isn't complete, the rules are still pretty helpful.

One of these days I'll get around to making a Colorado version! If someone else wants to take a crack at it, I'd be more than happy to format the info into similar "cheet sheets" and make them available online.

Good birding,
-Paul Hurtado

Columbus, OH (& Pueblo, CO)

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[Eric DeFonso]

I would respectfully remind our intrepid birder/adventurers that when posting sightings to the group, please refrain from using these banding codes in the subject line of the posting (i.e., use the full name first and then subsequent mentions in the post can use the 4-letter code), and to also include the county in which sighting was made. Thanks to all for finding and reporting these outstanding birds!

Eric

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Paul Hurtado <paul.j....@gmail.com> wrote:

GWWA is the 4-letter code for Golden-winged Warbler. 

There are two sets of such codes: the USGS BBL (Bird Banding Lab) codes, and the IBP (Institute for Bird Populations) codes. The latter codes are more complete, and are the codes used by eBird to speed up data entry (i.e., you can enter WCSP and it will recognize that is the code for White-crowned Sparrow).

The rules for constructing these codes from bird names are pretty straightforward, so if you'd like to learn these codes I'd recommend learning the rules and memorizing the list of exceptions, and not trying to memorize all the codes individually!  Here are some "cheat sheets" to get you started.

Download in PDF or Word format at https://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10/birding.html

While they're for Ohio birds, so list of exceptions isn't complete, the rules are still pretty helpful.

One of these days I'll get around to making a Colorado version! If someone else wants to take a crack at it, I'd be more than happy to format the info into similar "cheet sheets" and make them available online.

Good birding,
-Paul Hurtado

Columbus, OH (& Pueblo, CO)

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Deborah Carstensen <fiddl...@aol.com> wrote:

Okay, am I the only one that doesn't know what a GWWA is?
Deb Carstensen, Littleton

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On May 18, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Steven Mlodinow <sgm...@aol.com> wrote:

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