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Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 3:53 pm
by robotman
Thought i would make this before the reptiles thread mutated into it
so does anyone have any info or has anyone ever done this before?
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 3:54 pm
by crabnebula143
Does anyone know where I can get a national list of the birds that will be used?
Does anyone know where I can get the trial event rules???
My guess is this even is the exact same thing as A+R, except for with Birds and not Amphibians + Reptiles.
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 3:59 pm
by JonnyC
crabnebula143 wrote:Does anyone know where I can get a national list of the birds that will be used?
Does anyone know where I can get the trial event rules???
My guess is this even is the exact same thing as A+R, except for with Birds and not Amphibians + Reptiles.
The list hasn't been given yet, my guess is it will be revealed around the time the rules are. Lol, good to see BC is working as hard as Strath Haven.
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 4:07 pm
by robotman
here is a list i found it was off the old birds rules i found in me coaches classroom hope they help
http://www.battaly.com/so/birds/listnatl.htm
the link is the same or similar to the one that was stated on the rules
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 4:07 pm
by croman74
I think that I'll probably do this event next year. To me birds are pretty interesting.
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 4:11 pm
by EastStroudsburg13
I think it sounds interesting, but I've never done identification events, so I likely will not do this one.
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 4:12 pm
by JonnyC
ID events are my kind of thing...I did A+R last year, and now that I've semi developed a work ethic, I'm taking on fossils and birds this year, plus a few events.
Also, thanks for the list, it'll be helpful for a starting base.
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 4:26 pm
by croman74
I didn't do A+R last year, but I birds seem like a cool thing to do. I like ID events. I did fossils this year (coach made me 3 weeks before regionals) but I just wasn't that good or interested in that. Birds to me are way more interesting than fossils. Birds are sweet!
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 4:35 pm
by JustDroobles
I was interested in this event, but if it's just an ID event I doubt I would be good at it. I would love to have a bird event that dealt with birds' flight, anatomy, and evolutionary history (Archeopteryx is really fun to say), but memorizing a bunch of different names seems boring to me.
Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 4:37 pm
by JonnyC
Well, A+R was 50/50. Up to 50% Identification, and the rest was on the traits, behavior, etc.