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From: dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway)
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Subject: Re: Trendy species nicnames
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.150800.4010@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Date: 16 Apr 91 15:08:00 GMT
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In article <1991Apr15.004109.8828@crl.dec.com> herlihy@crl.dec.com (Maurice Herlihy) writes:
>Just for fun, I'd like to assemble a list of currently hip :-) species nicnames.
>	tee vee		Turkey Vulture
>	modo		Mourning Dove
>	winter chippie	American Tree Sparrow
>	GBH		Great Blue Heron		(may be dated)

	GHO      Great Horned Owl
	'tail or RTH    Red-tailed hawk
	rodo     rock dove 
	bitchbird    Bald Eagle  (local.  You have to know Johnny!)
	sharpie  sharpshinned hawk  (also Gos, Coop, and other "abbreviates")
	'grin or PEFA    Peregrine falcon
	shortie  short-eared owl
	SWO      saw-whet owl
	LEO      long-eared owl


These are the ones I use on rescue call sheets.


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