[Tweeters] Please decode your acronyms

[Robert O'Brien via Tweeters]

Thanks for the clarification, Tom.  Every little 'Tweet' helps.  Bob OBrien

On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net>
wrote:


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> > On Feb 14, 2026, at 16:10, Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> >

> > 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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