[Tweeters] Please decode your acronyms

[Tom Benedict via Tweeters]

> On Feb 14, 2026, at 16:10, Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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> P.S.   Someone in this thread, as I recall, said the 4-letter codes will NOT CHANGE.  In my opinion, if true, this is the craziest thing yet,  now the words will become pure memorization with no logical significance. 


That may have been me, but I don’t know what I based that statement on. I agree with you that name changes without code changes will ultimately lead to further obfuscation. I guess I was hoping for a unique key to link all current and historic names, but that’s really not the point of codes. Maybe scientific name? I guess those are subject to change too. Hmmm.. maybe a blockchain reference?? 

Back to birding,, 

Pretty sure there was a Red-necked Grebe (RNGR Podiceps grisegena) just offshore just before sunset at Seahurst Park. Light was not good, but it was a bit larger and had a more 'angular' head than the Horned Grebes (HOGR Podiceps auritus) that were in the area.

Tom Benedict
Seahurst, WA

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