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From: gss@edsdrd.eds.com (Gary Schiltz)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Trendy species nicnames
Message-ID: <322@dominion.edsdrd.eds.com>
Date: 23 Apr 91 20:55:56 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.004109.8828@crl.dec.com>
Organization: Research and Development, Auburn Hills, MI  48326
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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.
> Some starters:
> 
> 	tee vee		Turkey Vulture
> 	modo		Mourning Dove
> 	winter chippie	American Tree Sparrow
> 	GBH		Great Blue Heron		(may be dated)
> 
> Any others?

"Unreal" birds:
    NAB              Not a Bird, includes "trash" birds such as Clorox
		       Bottle Snowy Owls, Squirrel Nest Hawks, Stick
		       Anhingas, etc.
    Gashawk          An airplane, great to point out to beginners on
		       field trips.
    Whirlibird       A helicopter (obviously).

Real birds:
    JRD              Jive Rock Dove (possibly local to Manhattan, KS;
		     coined by Marty Stapanian at KSU, I believe).

And, my personal favorite, coined by my wife Karen:

    Lawn Dowitcher   European Starling

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