From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Jan 10 22:08:05 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j0B65IGp026373 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:05:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop-a065b10.pas.sa.earthlink.net (pop-a065b10.pas.sa.earthlink.net [207.217.121.170]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j0B63fAf026305 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:03:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-2ivfllt.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.214.189]) by pop-a065b10.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1CoF7z-0003mV-00 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:03:40 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <003201c4f794$a54a58b0$0400a8c0@bali> References: <003201c4f794$a54a58b0$0400a8c0@bali> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:03:53 -0800 To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: [SBB] Re: ALL CAPS usage; Northern Saw-whet Owl X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] James, There's no rule, it's just one kind of style. When I remember to do so, I try to capitalize the species name of a bird seen on first mention, then only initial cap a full name on subsequent occurrences. I likewise only initial cap the full name of a bird that was looked for but not seen. My reasoning is that all caps (shouting, in email) affirms a sighting, and only initial caps doesn't. And it's precisely for what you are doing, a quick scan of a message. But it's a free country (well, it used to be, and I haven't specifically cleared this procedure with the Patriot Act) and people will do whatever they want. On a birdy note, last night at about 10:45p, my wife called upstairs to me that she could hear a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (NSWO) calling outside. She had a window open since it wasn't raining. I could barely hear it through the double-glazed windows (the one downside of these things!). I took my recordings outside and played some NWSO sounds. The little hunter came in to the live oak about 25 ft. over my head and continued to call for a while. I was able to get a glimpse of it before it took off in apparent avoidance of my flashlight beam. What was interesting is that my recordings are from various sources and the calls are on different beats and pitches. When the owl responded, it would eventually match the beat and pitch of the part of the recording that was playing. Unlike some of my previous experiences with NSWO, this one did not "attack" the speaker; at least that's what I've assumed that they were doing when they've flown down onto the speaker, or just above my head. NSWO seem to be present in good numbers, or at least are very vocal, this year where I've checked. On the Palo Alto CBC, I owled in Monte Bello OSP and had almost as many NSWO calling as Western Screech-Owls (6 vs 7, I think). This hasn't usually been the case when I've owled there. Les Chibana From the "noncontiguous" Palo Alto along Skyline Blvd. On Jan 10, 2005, at 8:18 PM, James Turley - Sky Image Lab wrote: > I sure appreciates posts that capitalize the species names. > Sometimes I just want to scan a post for a particular bird I'm after, > without reading the entire post. > What's the customary rule here regarding that, if any? > > James _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]