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From: dgilles@darwin.genetics.washington.edu (Doreen Gillespie)
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Subject: Re: Terndy Species Nicknames
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.163742.15346@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 16:37:42 GMT
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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