I received a few emails that the link to the PDF wasn't working. Here's a shortened URL that should take you to the cheat sheet. PDF: http://bit.ly/HoH2dE Once you follow the link, click the button to download the PDF. Also, my email should have read "... print out a small copy of the PDF linked above..." not "below". Good birding, Paul On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Paul Hurtado <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Here's a printable "cheat sheet" I put together to help you learn the > 4-letter codes for Ohio birds -- REALLY handy for keeping notes in the > field! > > PDF: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7XSqn4of1gpTnIycz > RPSGVUdVc0RnFQZE9nVEU1dw > > I've also included hints to help me remember the Breeding Codes you can > use to record breeding/nesting activity when you submit eBird checklists. > More on eBird Breeding Codes at http://ebird.org/content/ > ebird/about/breeding-codes > > To use the cheat sheet, print out a small copy of the PDF linked below & > tape/glue into your field notebook. The examples at the top show you how to > turn an "official" common name into a 4-letter code. The exceptions to > those rules that occur in Ohio are listed in the table. > > A complete list of alpha codes for Ohio Birds can be found at > http://www.bsbo.org/pdf/ohio_bird_alpha_codes.pdf > > Good Birding, > Paul Hurtado > Columbus, OH > > > > > -- Paul J. Hurtado Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University Mathematical Biosciences Institute, http://mbi.osu.edu/ Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, http://ael.osu.edu/ E-mail: [log in to unmask] Webpage: http://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]