Great writing and photos, Carl. It’s high time birds get names that don’t immortalize people. Not only is it better for a bird to have descriptive nomenclature for birding purposes, it’s a disservice for the bird’s name to have an apostrophe after some name we don’t know well enough at best, or the name of some historic evildoer at worst. It’s about the birds, not people.
Great reading and the photos were quite enjoyable s well. In your travels as a bird watcher, how many birds have you heard of which have been named after women?
I'm wondering what's going to be the new name for the Cooper's Hawk. They're my favourite raptor to watch the past few years as I am fortunate to know a few local nesting sites.
Great writing and photos, Carl. It’s high time birds get names that don’t immortalize people. Not only is it better for a bird to have descriptive nomenclature for birding purposes, it’s a disservice for the bird’s name to have an apostrophe after some name we don’t know well enough at best, or the name of some historic evildoer at worst. It’s about the birds, not people.
Thank you, James. I hope you’re well up there.
Great reading and the photos were quite enjoyable s well. In your travels as a bird watcher, how many birds have you heard of which have been named after women?
Off the top of my head, I can think of Anna’s Hummingbird, Grace’s Warbler and Virginia’s Warbler. All three were named by men.
I'm wondering what's going to be the new name for the Cooper's Hawk. They're my favourite raptor to watch the past few years as I am fortunate to know a few local nesting sites.
That’s an interesting one. Based off your experience with the species, what would you call it?
I think something like Forest Hawk or Swift Hawk might suit this bird. Hopefully the name change will reflect something about their behaviour/habitat.