Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 10:16:08 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Lovelace, Glen" Subject: Re: bird codes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hello All, A quick internet search produced a couple of websites that may be helpful to those of you unfamiliar with the codes used in some posts. http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/aspeclst.htm http://www.nmt.edu/~shipman/z/nom/bbl.html Good Birding, Glen Lovelace III Seaford, DE > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry Peruzzi [SMTP:bookworms@HOME.COM] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:55 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] another OC Trip > > Les Eastman wrote: > > >> would you please not use initials but spell out the names > >> of the birds. > > > Amen to that! > > I'm another eager but inexperienced birder. RAZO, TUDU, PUSA and such > are meaningless to me. > > Marshall Iliff set a great example by discussing the "weirdo" Turkey > Vulture he saw and then, after spelling out Turkey Vulture twice, used > the abbreviation TUVU. Using both in the same post is a great way to > help us newbies learn the shorthand, but please do include the full name > at least once. > > Thanks! > > Sherry > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================