Just the other day, a middle-aged lady approached me in the supermarket, near the organic vegetable section. “Aren’t you that beat writer on 10000birds?...
On April 16, 2021, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS), had a “Community Congress on English Bird Names” to...
The birding world has been debating whether honorific common bird names (e.g., Clark’s Nutcracker or Baird’s Sandpiper) should be changed. The broad arguments are...
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein is a writer, teacher, organizer, and birdwatcher who lives in upstate New York. The ornithological practice of naming species after dead white...
It’s no secret that I am a big fan of our more elaborate and storied bird names. Besides timberdoodles and whiskey jacks, I also...
Rick Wright has exploded the conventional wisdom and advanced an alternative theory as to why the Prothonotary Warbler is called the Prothonotary Warbler. Click...
Last week I discussed the somewhat dated kakariki taxonomy used in the recent edition of the Parrots of the World by Jospeh Forshaw. My...
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