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A Peregrine Falcon, wings spread, held by a biologist

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Corporate Branding of Birds for Conservation: A Modest Proposal

June 28, 2019 by Carrie 2 Comments

I’d learned a lot since the last time I sat in a meeting room even close to this fancy. Mostly, don’t steal breath mints....

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Cape May Warbler is a Bad Name and Should be Replaced

by Corey No Comments

The Cape May Warbler is a boldly patterned, voracious predator. Primarily yellow below, with black racing stripes, it prowls through the canopy laying waste to...

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Bring back the Blue Tit

June 27, 2019 by Duncan 1 Comment

I’m a long-time champion of the IOC World Bird List as a standard for bird names. I pushed for Wikipedia to adopt them, and...

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White, yellow or golden?

by Kai Pflug No Comments

Collared Scops Owl – A Cat Head Eagle For a German living in China, bird names have some additional complexities. Most of the...

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Boobies, Really?

June 26, 2019 by Tom Brown 3 Comments

It is my sincere intent to have a short discussion about small group of birds, the Boobies, without any form of sophomoric humor. Those...

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

June 25, 2019 by Mike 5 Comments

For many North American birders, wood warblers represent everything exciting, compelling, and immediate about birding. The desire to better understand these avian jewels impelled...

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I’m not seeing spots: Towhee issues

by Paul Lewis 2 Comments

When you bird in Latin America, you quickly realize how America-centric English-language bird names are. Consider, for example, the Summer Tanager. This is an...