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What other words are used by birders? I'm fairly new to this (some
of you may remember that I joined up over Christmas) but so far I've
picked up "gropper" and "mippit".

Susie
Wed May 4, 2005 4:02 pm

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What other words are used by birders? I'm fairly new to this (some of you may remember that I joined up over Christmas) but so far I've picked up "gropper"... 		Susie
lizzysue3
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4:02 pm

"mippit"? will appreciate further enlightening. thks. yik ... From: Susie [mailto:lizzysue3@...] Sent: 04 May 2005 17:02 To:...
Yong, Yik-Shih STASCO...
crazedbirder
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4:04 pm

Meadow Pipit. There's also Tripit (Tree Pipit), Icky (Icterine Warbler) & Snob (Snow Bunting) just for starters. Andrew Self London Bird Recorder ...
Andrew Self
yk987drt
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5:59 pm

This is from another website ( http://homepages.tesco.net/~N.Faulkner/birding/birdname.htm) Acro - Generic term for warblers of the genus Acrocephalus. Usually...
Bill Fordham
bill_fordham
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6:16 pm

... bustard!"). Lol - excellent! But you should have issued a spew warning, I now have coffee all over my keyboard. I didn't know birders have a sense of...
Susie
lizzysue3
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7:28 pm

Thanks Bill, Theres many slang words used in birding, there also used for sites i.e. Mecca, Gibs pnt, and plumage SP - Sum Plum. Chris ... Usually refers ... ...
Chris Langsdon
londonbirder
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9:30 pm

1 missing from that list happens to be my personal favorite: Tystie, which is the Shetland name for Black Guillemot. Andy Plumb -- ...
andrew plumb
andyplumbuk
Offline Send Email 		May 4, 2005
6:29 pm

May 4th 2005. Felt more like March today as I traipsed around Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens in a wooly hat ! Did bag the following though ... Mute Swan > 78. ...
des mckenzie
bluegull65
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7:53 pm

I've never heard of Trog for Tree Sparrow, I often use it for Wren as the abbreviation of its scientific name Troglodytes. Other disparaging names include Pink...
Andrew Self
yk987drt
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5:56 pm

I've also heard 'Scarlet Grimmo' for Common Rosefinch on Scillies, presumably the 'Grimmo' bit refers to the dull youngsters most often encounted ... and also...
des mckenzie
bluegull65
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