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Recent content by raymie

  1. raymie

    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    Making it basically required to learn the bionomial names would be a huge barrier for birding. I agree that an increase in use of these name will be an inevitable outcome of changing a large amount of bird names. But ultimately that's a bad thing. It makes birding less accessible.
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    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    It's also interesting they say Long-tailed Duck was a name change relating to a slur in the name, when the official reason for the change was to align with the name used in other regions.
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    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    I understand and agree with the reasons for changing Bachman's Sparrow and Scott's Oriole. What's the story behind Townsend?
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    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    @rahopko Sounds like you need to get to the WSO meeting this October.
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    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    The fact that "Tropical Eastern Pacific Booby" is a proposed common name gives me a strong sense of dread.
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    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    So where in the Pacific does one see one species, or the other, or both?
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    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    That's the nesting ranges, but of course boobies wander far at sea.
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    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    If you saw any in Florida they would be Northern. It's a Nearctic-Neotropical split.
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    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    Including me! Does anyone know what the range of the new Brown Booby taxa would be? Do the two overlap anywhere?
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    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    Surprised to see the Herring Gull split there!
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    Maybe 2 Vireos, South Padre Island Convention Ctr, TX, USA

    Photos 1 and 2 show a Warbling Vireo. Not sure about the others, but thinking probably Bell's.
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    Is this a Turkey Vulture?

    It's very possible this is a dumped pet. It's also possible they are an established introduced species in the area, there's lots of local established populations that are undocumented due to a general lack of interest in this species by most birders.
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    Scottish Crossbill - Yes? No? Never?

    The splits were made with the desire to further split Red Crossbill in the future, it's just that we don't have enough info to fully understand the diversity within it yet.
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    Is this a Turkey Vulture?

    I agree with Muscovy Duck.
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    Britain's most prolific egg collector, reoffends again.

    This kind of thing is bizarrely frequent in British law, to the point where people will fake a mental disorder to get out of jail time. Edwin Rist, who stole potentially millions of dollars worth of specimens from the British Museum, got no jail time due to an Asperger's diagnosis that he has...
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