>I am reading a 1984 species list that Fred Sharpe put together for the
>Anacortes Ferry termial area. He includes general notes on seasonal
>distribution, abundance, and habitat for most specis, but writes TBE for
>6: green-backed heron, American bittern, SB dowitcher, Caspian tern,
>mountain chickadee, and rb sasucker ("TBE in winter"). All the other
>notes are written out, but no comment on the meaning of TBE. H'm!

I'll make a wild guess that it means "to be expected."

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