Responding to Dean Drugge's Young Ornithologists:


>How is the four letter abbreviation written for the GBHE (green-backed
>heron) and the GBHE (great blue heron)? Dakota

Hi Dakota,

The name of the little guy has been changed back to Green Heron (it was
declared a species separate from the Striated Heron of the Old World and
South America recently), so it's GRHE now--no problem!

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416