The current GBS codes were designed (largely by me) to reflect where the COG database was heading at that time. Designed to give precedence to the best indicators
of local breeding. Hence the sequence given on the chart. Courtship feeding is getting pretty low down the precedence list, as it is far from a successful breeding outcome and may not relate to anything very local so was not included. To me if you think the
observation is worthy of mention, I would go with Di as being the closest. Observations like that only become of any real use if combined with other obs on later weeks of some kind of breeding outcome.
Philip
From: Mark Clayton [
Sent: Saturday, 1 October, 2016 1:02 PM
To: 'canberra birds'
Subject: [canberrabirds] GBS code
Hi all, does anyone know of a code for the GBS where two Eastern Rosellas, (male and female) were courtship feeding. It can’t be cf = carrying food, but it could be di = display but to me that is not really displaying?
Mark
