Subject: 'Ornithological Order'
Date: Mar 22 18:35:46 2004
From: Linda B - llbart at scn.org


Tweeters--I am leading a monthly bird walk at Lake Wilderness Arboretum and
compiling a list of the species we see to eventually make into a bird check
list for arboretum visitors. I've given the newsletter editor the list to
date (43 species) in ornithological order, and she's thinking about changing
the list into alphabetical order. I told her the final check list will be
in ornithological order, and she's asked me to write something for the
newsletter explaining ornithological order--something that would be easily
understood by the novice. And I realize that I really don't know why this
order is used myself! Does anyone have a good explanation?

Thanks!

Linda Bartlett
Kent, WA