[Birdtalk] Re: brd abrvtns?

[Paul Higgins]

In this age of acronyms, brevity, fast foods, get rich quick, we need $700 Billion NOW!!! and special codes, I encourage the use of full naming birds, although it's not as "cool" as MODO or GHO. As a photographer; who will spend hours, if not days, trying for a good bird image, I am amazed at people who see the bird for five seconds, check it off their list, and are on to the next one...yes they probably need name codes.  That's my two cents worth.  Merry X-Mas,
 
Paul   

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Ryan O'Donnell <ryan at biology.usu.edu> wrote:

From: Ryan O'Donnell <ryan at biology.usu.edu>
Subject: [Birdtalk] Re: brd abrvtns?
To: birdtalk at utahbirds.org
Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 12:33 AM

I have been trying to learn the four-letter codes myself, mostly to make
my note-taking in the field more efficient.  I tried making them up
myself but then would get confused trying to remember whether my NOSH
meant Northern Shrike or Northern Shoveler, for example.  (The standard
has it as Northern Shrike; Northern Shoveler is NSHO.)  When I need to
look one up I go to www.whatbird.com.  They list the four-letter species
code at the top of the page just under the species' name. (they call it
"Code 4")  But, Tim's comment is worth repeating: if you use an
abbreviation in a post, you should try to always define that
abbreviation the first time you use it.
 
Good birding,
Ryan
 
Ryan P. O'Donnell
Department of Biology and the Ecology Center
Utah State University
5305 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-5305
 
http://200birds.blogspot.com

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