To Those Who Maybe Interested,
Just as an FYI, a great new resource for those who want to learn the four letter alpha codes or at least have a reference for those times when folks forget the cayugabirds-l and other list's guidelines, the" Crossley ID Guide to Eastern Birds" is awesome. It is the first guide that I have seen that includes the alpha codes. Even the USGS web pages that list the codes are not as a good reference as this guide due to the splits and omissions. For example, Gaviformes are typically not included as they don't typically migrate. Regardless, this is a great reference, but not so much a field guide, as reported by others on this list previously. With texting and space constrained social networks, i.e. Twitter, etc., four letter alpha codes are seeing increased usage by birders across the US. Just my two cents. I have no financial ties to anything relating to this post. I just thought some folks might like to know or be reminded of this. Kind Regards, Jeff Holbrook, Corning, NY From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John and Fritzie Blizzard Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 17:56 To: Jay McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] abbreviations THANKS, JAY. I'm sure many folks on the listserv, especially, new birders, aren't happy with the shorthand/texting. Fritzie *********************************************************************** Jay wrote: While very useful as shorthand for both bird banders and general birders, we to avoid these abbreviations on the listserv, since not everyone knows them and they can get confusing when people try to use them without knowing the exceptions to the rules. Cheers. - -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
