It doesn't help matters when people make up place names either. For
instance, you may think it's easier to say Alum Lake when you really mean
Alum Creek Reservoir but you do a disservice to newcomers to the forum.
In an area where new reservoirs and retention ponds are being built it helps
to use the correct name. The first time I ever read a post about Alum Lake
I pored over a map looking at all the bodies of water in the Alum Creek
flood plain before I realized that the poster actually meant Alum Creek
Reservoir.
The park on the southside of Whittier Ave. as you go onto the Whittier
Peninsula is called Lower Scioto Park not Whittier Park. I wanted to go to
an urban birdwalk one Saturday morning but it started at Whittier Park (it
was even listed that way on the CA website). I looked all over a city map
and didn't find Whittier Park. I couldn't even find a Whittier Park on the
Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks website.
Al LaSala
Columbus, OH (southern Delaware County)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susan
Yost
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:59 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Request: please include county names in posts
I am all for signing off w/ a location. One thing to remember is not
everyone on the listserve is living in Ohio, I for one residing in Texas. I
am also on the Texas listserve and the owner is very adamant about proper
signing and everyone abides by his rules and it's very helpful. It would be
very much appreciated on the Ohio listserve to help locate what area has
been birded and where the birder is located as well.
Sue YOST ~^/^~
Highland Village, a N. burb of Dallas
Denton Co.
Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sean
Artman
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Request: please include county names in posts
Hello Birders,
It would be helpful if the county where your observations were made is
included in messages posted to the list. Not necessarily in the title,
just somewhere in the message. Including the county is helpful for two
reasons: 1) it's nice to know the general location where you birded,
and 2) it enables automatic filtering of messages based on county
names.
Thanks, and good birding!
Sean Artman
Andover, Ohio
Ashtabula Co
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