I could not agree more with Bob Royse et al
But Kim taps into what I was going to say. IMHO, 4 letter codes have an appeal for those Facebook texting savy, online, "young" birders. FWIW, it is not an elitist thing. But I do hope birders post all their reports in a spelled out inviting manner. FWIW,
Michael
Columbus (and likely my last post b4 I move to CA)
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--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Kimberly Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Kimberly Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Four letter codes
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:03 PM
For anyone interested, here's a link to a pdf of the four letter alpha
codes. It's also available via the BSBO website at _www.bsbobird.org_
(http://www.bsbobird.org/) and clicking on the Birder's Resources link.
_http://www.bsbo.org/pdf/ohio_bird_alpha_codes.pdf_
(http://www.bsbo.org/pdf/ohio_bird_alpha_codes.pdf)
Alpha codes are really helpful when taking field notes, but, I never use
them when posting in public forums to avoid confusion. Well, not unless it's
to confuse people on Ben Warner's Facebook page, and then I only do it
occasionally! : )
Thanks,
~ KIKA
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