Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds/Archive 4

message: I have created a page for the White-browed Sparrow-weaver. Please edit - it has most of the info it needs, but there are a few minor details missing. --Birdman1 talk/contribs 03:16, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good job! :) Luffy487 07:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: White-browed Sparrow-weaver

message: This user on Flickr has some stunning free to use images of Asian birds. I've added a few to the Commons and then linked some articles to here, quite a few are for species we don't have articles on yet. Enjoy, but be warned, not every one of them has a free licence, so check carefully (to check look in the bottom right hand corner.) Sabine's Sunbird  talk 04:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI Images 

message: There is a heated discussion at Category_talk:Biota_by_country regarding the matter to recategorize the species. Please feel free to voice out your opinion. :) Luffy487 08:08, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories by country are being systematically deleted right now -- is this the way to go? 

message: I've added a category, Members of WikiProject Birds, to the user box, so anyone using it on their user page is automatically added to the category. Andy Mabbett 12:13, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Project members' category

message: Currently Raven is ahead by a whisker (or is that a bill?) if you hate crows go vote! Sabine's Sunbird  talk 19:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey!  J'adore les corbeaux.  I love ravens, and all members of their families!  That includes crows :) Australian Raven 21:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deadline for collaborations is 23rd of March! 

message: There is a long list of requested articles for birds, and the article request page for this project is a red link. Should I create a page for it? -- Hey jude, don't let me down 00:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, if there are lots of requested articles. I didn't relaize there were any. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 01:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay... so its every bird in Australia and Brazil that doesn't have an article. No pressure. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 01:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hah, well, I created the page. --Hey jude, don't let me down 21:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested Articles 

message: :Image:Wet kookaburra.jpg
I was wondering if anyone here knows which of the four species does this Kookaburra belongs to? Just curious. Luffy487 10:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm fairly sure its a laughing kookaburra. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 10:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh ok thanks. Luffy487 13:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoa, cool weird photo! Agree on species. cheers,  Casliber | talk  |  contribs 22:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question on image of Kookaburra. 

message: Anyone fancy starting an article on what we in the UK know as county recorders, (for all taxa, not just birds)? Andy Mabbett 12:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Any examples? Well... I am not from UK haha... Luffy487 10:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  County Recorders 

message: Take at look at this: Tiny rare owl spotted in Peru reserve. 
Abstracted from the article: The owl is so distinct that it has been named in its own genus, "Xenoglaux", meaning "strange owl", due to the long wispy feathers around its reddish-orange eyes. Luffy487 10:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  
New
 Extremely rare species of owl 

message: A good one to get your teeth stuck into. Lots of laundry lists to be cleaned out and rationalised. Also should be possible to find good online information as it is a North American species, check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds#Online resources for access to free journals to help. I'll post a to do list/plan on the article's talk page later. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 21:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: should be possible to find good online information as it is a North American species Oddly, enough, we Europeans occasionally write about our birds, too. Andy Mabbett 21:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was refering to the fact that all the Auk, Condor and Wilson Bulletin journal issues up to 2000 are available online for gratis, and the USFWS images are public domain. Have you ever tried to get hold of an issue of the Ibis, Emu or Ardea online? Like blood from a stone. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 21:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair point! I had a long, and eventually fruitless, correspondence with the editor of BB (for whom  have nothing but the greatest respect, I must add) recently, tying to get them to put their back issues on line, like Auk's, instead of on a DVD for sale, as they are currently doing. I'm sure lottery funding would have paid for it, with a partner in the academic or library sector. Andy Mabbett 21:58, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collaboration of the month is....[[Common Raven]] 

message: I've sub-divided Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Article requests. Andy Mabbett 21:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article request page sub-divided

message: I've been using the 'attention' needed tag in a few template boxes:
:Main issue are a bunch of Agapornis spp. pages which have loads of aviculture but much less natural history on them. Actually there is the basis for an FA or two in there...cheers,  Casliber | talk  |  contribs 01:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention needed tags on template 

message: *about 9,530 google hits for "Blue-crowned Parakeet"
*about 14,200 google hits for "Blue-crowned Conure" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Casliber (talk • contribs) 01:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Which reflects the adoption of the term in the pet trade. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 01:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, true. I guess the other thing to consider is that common names aren't really bound by any rules like scientific names are for nomenclature. As an Australian we don't see many of these critters in cages here nor have I done much birdwatching in the Americas....cheers,  Casliber | talk  |  contribs 01:35, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Some examples on google search

message: Your project needs a FA section for bird articles which have become featured. With the inclusion of the soon to be featured Archaeopteryx (Well hopefully...), and any others you guys have, I'd say it would be wise to have one & to keep the team morale up with the addition of their achievements. It works at Wikiproject dinosaurs, & it never hurts to be proud. I think it's a good idea, thoguhts? Spawn Man 00:12, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bird FA section?