Tag: Bird Renaming Week

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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?...

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...

Birding

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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