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What’s In a Name: Eleonora’s Falcon

September 25, 2015 by Carrie No Comments

As this series has already shown us, ornithological nomenclature is often a game of utter nepotism. Got a buddy whose birthday you forgot? Thinking...

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What’s in a Name: Limpkin

August 28, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

A friend was in Florida, and as people in Florida are wont to do, he taunted me with pictures of some good birds that...

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What’s in a Name: MacGillivray’s Warbler

July 31, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

The most recent addition to my life list is the Northwestern Crow, but its name is boring and it probably isn’t even a proper...

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What’s in a Name: What’s in an Adjective?

June 19, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

Last week I had the privilege of taking a group of Queens middle-schoolers birding in Forest Park as part of an after-school program. We...

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What’s in a Name: Wilson’s Warbler

May 22, 2015 by Carrie 5 Comments

I have repeatedly declared my love for the Black-throated Blue Warbler. The Cape May Warbler, which I have added to my life list just...

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What’s in a Name: Chuck-will’s-Widow

April 24, 2015 by Carrie 3 Comments

“So what birds have you seen lately,” people say to me when they’ve run out of other things to say and don’t mind listening...

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What’s in a Name: Northern Goshawk

March 27, 2015 by Carrie 12 Comments

At the request of blog management, I’m embarking on a series of posts on the names of birds. Since we’ve covered some generalities already,...

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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

November 30, 2014 by David 15 Comments

Everyone, the Painted Bunting needs your help. There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting...

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