I’m not a birder, but I knew about LBJ’s (Little Brown Jobs).
I just learned about some similar terms for other taxa:
Do you know any others?
I’m not a birder, but I knew about LBJ’s (Little Brown Jobs).
I just learned about some similar terms for other taxa:
Do you know any others?
Two I’ve used in my field journals for many years:
“Clave Swallows” (Cliff or Cave?)
“Baltilock’s Oriole” (Baltimore or Bullock’s?)
These are usually applied to flocks of birds not studied carefully, and/or immature/female birds.
FYP: neither “For Your Page” nor “Fixed Your Post” but “F*cking Yellow Plant” for dandelions, hawkweeds and the likes
Similarly, there is also Baypoll Warbler for Blackpoll/Bay-breasted Warbler.
LBM = little brown mushroom or little brown moth.
This is unofficial, but jlisby has very accurately described my lichen observation of a bunch of similar crustose/leprose lichens all growing mixed up in the same spot as “The Mess”. And that is what I’ve been calling these occurrences since.
Plants almost too tiny to notice are called dinkophytes, but it is more of a term of endearment
IE: Impossible Empids.
… and don’t forget “Cacklada Geese”!
Also known as “belly plants” (for the observer’s bodily position).
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