Date: 2/14/26 10:52 pm From: Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Please decode your acronyms
Thanks for the clarification, Tom. Every little 'Tweet' helps. Bob OBrien
On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t...>
wrote:
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> > On Feb 14, 2026, at 16:10, Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> 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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