Hi everyone, I was a member of the ad hoc English Bird Names committee. Great to read everyone's comments and to know that people are reflecting on the recommendations we wrote. I encourage those wondering about why we endorsed removing all eponyms, including eponyms honoring people who made important contributions to ornithology, to read our justification for that particular recommendation here: here: https://americanornithology.org/about/english-bird-names-project/english-bird-names-committee-recommendations/#justification
Apologies if I'm duplicating anyone else's response. I receive the digest and so am not reading messages in real time. Cheers, Irene Liu Ithaca, NY -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
