Juvenile marbled murrelet on water
Birds

What’s in a Name: A Murrelet Assortment

February 3, 2017 by Carrie 1 Comment
It is now the month of love, and there are few birds I love more than the alcids. Thus, a day of murrelets and...
Crissal Thrasher on rocky ground
Birds

What’s In a Name: Mr. Crissal and the Red-butted Thrush

November 18, 2016 by Carrie No Comments
Before we get started I’d like to congratulate the Whiskey Jack on becoming the National Bird of Canada! The Gray Jay (once also, and...
Reviews

Lapwings, Loons & Lousy Jacks: The How and Why of Bird Names

August 19, 2016 by Carrie No Comments
Long ago, before I became the bird-name rancoteur I am today, I had an idle question. Why, I asked myself, did the loons come...
Male Brewer's Blackbird on the ground
Birds

What’s in a Name: Brewer’s Blackbird

June 24, 2016 by Carrie No Comments
Blackbirds, as a family, often have those simple descriptive names that are easy to mock (Yellow-rumped Warbler, ugh) until a non-birder comes describing such...
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet on a bare branch
Birds

What’s in a Name: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

May 6, 2016 by Carrie 2 Comments
Once you eliminate the risque jokes (I know, I know, but it’s a family blog) the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet might have the most comical name...
Birding

What’s in a Name: What’s in a Baby Name?

January 22, 2016 by Carrie 12 Comments
A lot of my friends have been having babies lately. Being an unmarried lady, I of course have no idea how this could be...
Birding

What’s in a Name: Readers Respond

December 4, 2015 by Carrie No Comments
Some updates from the comments sections! On the Limpkin, the ever-sagicious Rick Wright points out that the ‘gait’ explanation may well be a folk...
Black-backed Woodpecker
Birding

What’s in a Name: Woodpeckers of North America

October 30, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments
Well, I never did see a Black-backed Woodpecker on my trip, but they were on my mind… What could be more straightforward than the...
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