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<div><fo --Apple-Mail-1--360633590 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed "what is GISS, you ask? GISS stands for General Impression, Size and Shape. a military term originally. also variously known as jizz and gesalt. GISS to birders means learning the art of identifying and mastering birds by their (usually)species-unique quirks, shapes, sizes, antics, behaviors, etc....the impression they give you.." Try <http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=70802> for more On 26-Nov-09, at 10:32 AM, Andy Dean wrote: > I received this mail from my grandson who is employed as a computer > 'techie'. > > Hi Gramps, > I was reading a programming book today and it had a couple of bird > watching acronyms in it. > They are: > LBB and GISS > > I can tell him that LBB is lesser black-backed but the GISS has me > stumped. Anyone? > > Andy & Lelia Dean > 86 Baden Powell Drive > Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5 > Tel: [902] 678-6243 > > aadean@ns.sympatico.ca > --Apple-Mail-1--360633590 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <div>"what is GISS, you ask? GISS stands for General Impression, Size = and Shape. a military term originally. also variously known as jizz and gesalt. GISS to birders means learning the art of identifying and mastering birds by their (usually)species-unique quirks, shapes, sizes, antics, behaviors, etc....the impression they give = you.."</div><div><br></div>Try <<a = href=3D"http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=3D70802">http://www.bird= forum.net/showthread.php?t=3D70802</a>> for = more<br><div><div>On 26-Nov-09, at 10:32 AM, Andy Dean wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>I = received this mail from my grandson who is employed as a computer = 'techie'.</div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Hi = Gramps,</font></div><div>I was reading a programming book today and it = had a couple of bird<br>watching acronyms in it.<br>They are:<br>LBB = and GISS</div><div> </div><div><div>I can tell him that LBB = is lesser black-backed but the GISS has me stumped. = Anyone?</div><div> </div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Andy = & Lelia Dean<br>86 Baden Powell Drive<br>Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N = 5P5<br>Tel: [902] 678-6243</font></div><div> </div><div><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><a = href=3D"mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</a></font></= div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></ht= ml>= --Apple-Mail-1--360633590--
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