Ornithology B/C

[Paradox21]

If nobody has done it already, I'm going to try to get a rules clarification on the bird call question.

Think I'll get a response?

You'll get a response. They will probably say that you have to be prepared for any kind of call. That seems most logical, why would 1 call be more important than another?

[amerikestrel]

It would make it much easier to study.

[sewforlife]

I would think they'd be mostly mating calls (like last year in A+R). but we'll have to see.

[Flavorflav]

If nobody has done it already, I'm going to try to get a rules clarification on the bird call question.

Think I'll get a response?

You'll get a response. They will probably say that you have to be prepared for any kind of call. That seems most logical, why would 1 call be more important than another?

You are going to have to ask your local tournament organizers. National doesn't have any idea what is going to be on your regional test.

[googlyfrog]

That makes sense.

Sewforlife, you said for A+R there was mostly mating calls. What else were you tested on? Maybe it will give us a clue as to what kind of calls we need to know, until we talk to our local tournament organizers.

[soobsession]

That makes sense.

Sewforlife, you said for A+R there was mostly mating calls. What else were you tested on? Maybe it will give us a clue as to what kind of calls we need to know, until we talk to our local tournament organizers.

mating calls? do frogs have other kinds of calls too? (i really just thought i frog would have only one kind of call which was for mating)

[sewforlife]

That makes sense.

Sewforlife, you said for A+R there was mostly mating calls. What else were you tested on? Maybe it will give us a clue as to what kind of calls we need to know, until we talk to our local tournament organizers.

mating calls? do frogs have other kinds of calls too? (i really just thought i frog would have only one kind of call which was for mating)

they have alarm calls, for when they are scared, or being attacked (eaten). well, actually, the only call we were tested on was a mating call. we didn't know the alarm/attack calls as well. and we didn't know the snake rattles at all. <-- I think the snake rattles was never mentioned, we were just paranoid

[amerikestrel]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

For the occasion, I encourage everybody to study the wild turkey today. That's my bird of the day.

[amerikestrel]

Sorry about the double post, but I'm afraid nobody will notice this if I edit my previous post.

Celeste, when you went to your invitational, how much of the test was about bird calls?

[Deeisenberg]

Sorry about the double post, but I'm afraid nobody will notice this if I edit my previous post.

Celeste, when you went to your invitational, how much of the test was about bird calls?

Yes I know you weren't asking me, but here's the truth...

There may be a few people who get at some competition a test with many bird call. Despite this most tests will probably have no bird calls if they are run as a station test (as opposed to a power point) for what I consider obvious reasons. There could still be bird calls on such a test at the end after all stations are completed, this happened to me in Herpetology last year at states (I wish all tests were made as well as that one). If the test is a power point, they would still probably only devote one slide to calls. Testing on calls is actually slightly bothersome and can interfere with the flow of a test. I mean you will almost certainly not have a slide with bird calls and other things except perhaps for some questions about the call. That is just an awkward way to run things, especially because power points are usually hoped to be run very automatically.

The most likely thing is that there will either be no calls, a few calls which would be similar to one station at the end of a station test, or a power point test where there is one slide (probably the last slide) devoted to bird calls.

Bird calls are unlikely to be a very major portion of any test. I'm not saying don't study them (do study them), just saying that you are unlikely to get a test where calls are more than say 5% of the test.