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Bird Renaming Week Wrap Up

June 29, 2019 by Corey No Comments
All good things must come to an end and so must Bird Renaming Week. Wait, that came out wrong. Bird Renaming Week is a...
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Blue, Gray, or Grey?

by Redgannet 2 Comments
Does anybody know which part of the Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias is referred to that entitles it to use the colour blue in its name?...
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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of June 2019?

June 28, 2019 by Mike No Comments
You have to love June, when birding stops well before the month itself. Is anyone willing to struggle out this weekend to look at...
A Peregrine Falcon, wings spread, held by a biologist
Birds

Corporate Branding of Birds for Conservation: A Modest Proposal

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...
Birds

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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