Hi all, Here is a nice write-up demystifying "birder shorthand" for those that are interested in learning more:
http://www.nabirding.com/2011/03/11/birder-shorthand-demystifying-the-code-of-banders/ Cheers, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Brenda Best <bestb...@me.com> wrote: > At the opposite end of the spectrum, lots of people, especially beginners, > may not know what a Gaviforme is without looking it up. > > Brenda > -- > Brenda Best > Durhamville, NY > bestb...@me.com > > Sent from my iPad > On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Jeff Holbrook <mycte...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > > 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: bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-9256884-3493...@list.cornell.edu] 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
