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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-66-421266813 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Richard, et. al. I have written to Dick Cannings about the mixup in the list. I was going to make a spreadsheet to enter the data from all of the participants and have it do the adding for me, and it would be nice to get them in the same order! Thanks for the clarification on the toxonomy. Has this change been recent? I received a text listing of the AOU list for all birds seen in Nova Scotia from either Lance or Blake (I can't recall of the top of my head) in February of 2006. It still had loons at the top of the list. I guess if there will soon be new edition of field guides with the new ordering? I wonder if Nova Scotia Birds will switch to the new ordering? Pat On Jan 1, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Richard Stern wrote: > Hi, > > I suspect that the peculiar situation where Herons etc. seemed to > appear in the middle of Warblers is some kind of error. The correct > new taxonomic order is the most recent AOU one - found here - > http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3. Olive warbler is placed in > its own Order before the other Warblers, which are otherwise all > together, and waterfowl, pheasants etc. are now at the beginning > before loons etc. You might want to check with Dick Cannings about > what's going on with the CBC lists. > > Richard > > On 1/1/07, Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote: >> Hello everyone: >> >> Having been a CBC compiler for the first time, I have been a bit >> puzzled by the order in which birds are listed in guidse, checklists, >> etc. >> >> The form that was given to me to complete was a Microsoft Word >> document >> which contained a list of birds that started with geese, rather that >> the expected loons. (Since Peterson's, National Geographic, Collins >> Guide to Europe, the AOU checklist, and Nova Scotia Birds, all use an >> order that starts with loons, I was puzzled as to why the list for >> filling out the CBC uses a different order. >> >> I made a PDF files from the Word document (that is formatted properly >> on screen but has some small glitches as a PDF file, but I don't have >> time for the usual anti-Microsoft rant!). It is at >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/BirdList1.pdf >> >> I reformatted it in AppleWorks to get three columns so that it would >> fit on two pages with some room for extra info to distribute to >> participants: >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/BirdList2.pdf >> >> At the count wrap-up, it was noted that the warblers had been split >> into two groups, separated by other bird types. (Look for the common >> yellowthroat.). I originally thought that I had made a mistake in the >> reformatting but that does not seem to be the case. >> >> I have tried to check to see if the data entry on the web site also >> uses this order, but cannot get in as of yet as I have no idea what >> the >> password is! >> >> Is there any reason why the CBC would distribute a list with this type >> of ordering? >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> I >> On Dec 29, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Bob McDonald wrote: >> >> > Hi Pat, >> > >> > Regarding the order of the species in your listing, this is the >> > currently accepted taxonomic order - starts with the geese and >> ducks, >> > etc. So it's OK but takes some getting used to. >> > >> > Hope to see you tomorrow at the Woolavers. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Bob >> > >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Patrick Kelly >> >> To: Bob McDonald >> >> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 8:08 PM >> >> Subject: West Hants Maps >> >> >> >> Yes, We Have Maps: Several year ago' George Alliston made up a new >> >> set of maps of the circle and each of its six regions. I have >> placed >> >> them on my web site as follows: >> >> >> >> The entire circle (a low resolution) with the area boundaries is >> at: >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_Low-resolution.jpg >> >> >> >> A larger high-reolution file (over 2 megabytes) with the area >> >> boundaries is at: >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_High-resolution.jpg >> >> >> >> High resolution maps or each area are at: >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_Area1.jpg >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_Area2.jpg >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_Area3.jpg >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_Area4.jpg >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_Area5.jpg >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/NSWH_Area6.jpg >> >> >> >> I have put two more files on my web site. >> >> >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/WestHantsStreets.pdf >> >> This is a large (1 Megabyte) map of all of the streets in West >> Hants, >> >> with enlargements of areas like Falmouth, Brooklyn, etc. >> >> >> >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/WestHantsTallySheet.pdf >> >> This is the form that you can use to add up your data and time at >> the >> >> end of the day. The order of the species is the same as the order >> on >> >> the "master" list that I have to submit, and it does not follow the >> >> usual taxonomical order. I will have to ask why when I submit it. >> >> >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> >> ==== >> >> Patrick Kelly >> >> Director of Computer Facilities >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> >> ==== >> >> Faculty of Architecture and Planning >> >> Dalhousie University >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> >> ==== >> >> PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road >> >> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 >> >&