Dave, that’s a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing it.
Jane
On Nov 26, 2023, at 12:31 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
I think the idea is to give birds names which help us think of the birds rather
than giving them names of people which can get the birds tangled in human
affairs. The question bec
I think the idea is to give birds names which help us think of the birds rather
than giving them names of people which can get the birds tangled in human
affairs. The question becomes what attributes of the bird are unique, helpful,
and concise enough to be a useful name for a species.
For exa
Horrors. No bird deserves a name like that!
Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
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On Nov 26, 2023, at 8:58 AM, billebersbach wrote:
I think they should change the name of the Wilson Snipe to the Trump Snipe.
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Original
I think they should change the name of the Wilson Snipe to the Trump Snipe.Sent
from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message From: Dave Nutter Date:
11/26/23 8:34 AM (GMT-05:00) To: CayugaBirds-L b
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Involving the public to rename birds
What would be better names for birds? The American Ornithologist Society says
the public will be involved. It’s going to be interesting. What are your
suggestions?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/bird-names-racism-audobon-satire/?wpisrc=nl_ideas
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