Say’s Phoebe over a field of bus sunflowers
Apricot Pheobe
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Say’s Phoebe says nothing about this bird
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FOS Hammond’s Flycatcher 5MR year bird #163
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Hey #bird sky. If you could rename the Blackburnian warbler what would you name it?
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Even people who know who those people are and why they have birds named after them question whether birds should be named after people. 🪶 #BirdNamesForBirds
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That would be me! Sign up for free and join me on Zoom on March 12th! #birds #birding #birdnamesforbirds
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Really interesting piece--thanks for writing it. Sounds like Seton would have likely supported the #BirdNamesForBirds effort:
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Lots of Swainson’s Thrush were moving through Saskatoon last week. What would you rename them? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdNamesForBirds #Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan
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Vesper Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow. What would you rename the LISP? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdsOfSaskatchewan #BirdNamesForBirds #BirdTherapy #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025
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Baird’s Sandpiper. What would you rename it? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdNamesForBirds #birds #BirdTherapy #nature #Saskatchewan #BirdsSeenIn2025
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this is an incredible piece from @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social. required reading for anyone interested in the debate around #birdnamesforbirds, or the genocide of Native peoples, or of the mythology of Lewis and Clark. open.substack.com/pub/schampto...
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And like, I get it. But don't make it your entire personality americanornithologistsunion.org/why-a-new-aou/ #BirdNamesForBirds
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Holy Diver, you've been down too long in the midnight sea
I'd like to start a petition to change Common Loon's name to Holy Diver. would you sign? #birding #MetalNamesForBirds #BirdNamesForBirds #Dio
What do the Brits call them again?
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They tell us this will happen, but other than Thick-billed Longspur they haven’t come thru yet. Renaming them all’s lot of work, I guess, but I think me and a couple buddies could do it one evening with a handle of good bourbon and a thesaurus . #BirdNamesForBirds
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It's a Mallwall! #birdnamesforbirds
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A smiling white man with large gray sideburns stands in front of the rail of a boat at sea. He is wearing a cinnamon-colored fur coat, has a pair of binoculars with a colorful strap around his neck, and is holding a camera. The ocean and a large white glacier is visible behind him. The words “Joseph W. Taylor BORN TO BIRD” appear at the top and “Ann Taylor” (the author) at the bottom.
A scan of a 1946 article from the journal The Auk.
I’m reading the Joe Taylor biography and am enjoying figuring out old bird names, such as Man O’ War bird (Magnificent Frigatebird) and Darby Flycatcher (Great Kiskadee). Figuring out “New Mexican Duck” sent me to the 1946 archives of The Auk. Bird names change. People adapt. #BirdNamesForBirds
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Any alternative names for Lesser Goldfinch?
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Bewick's Wren on a concrete wall with grass in its mouth
Bewick's Wren with nesting material. What should they re-name this eponymous species? #BirdNamesForBirds
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lol, ok, maybe we have the bouncy Tigger Warbler instead. #BirdNamesForBirds
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A Bullock's Oriole perches in Russian Olive
Bullock's Oriole will need a new name. Ideas? #birdNamesForBirds #birding
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Morelet's Seedeater perches on a branch and looks at the camera
Morelet's Seedeater, Belize #birding.
I wonder how many #BirdNamesforBirds they are going to have to change. This guy could be Tuxedo Seedeater.
What would you name it?
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Good enough for me. Let’s change the name #birdnamesforbirds
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And as seen here and in the broader #BirdNamesForBirds conversation, some people in our #UKbirding and #ornithology communities don’t understand such societal and cultural needs to broaden and cement interest in birds and their conservation. They simply aim to promote/protect their own prejudices.
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A feathered past, and present: calling out bad birding behaviour - in which we detail some of the appalling messages we received after suggesting a new common name for Ardenna carneipes (with receipts) adriftlab.org/news/a-feath... #seabirds #ornithology #BirdNamesForBirds
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So please welcome to the world the Sable Shearwater, Ardenna carneipes! #BirdNamesForBirds #ornithology @ibisjournal.bsky.social #seabirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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NEW PAPER! A feathered past: Colonial influences on bird naming practices, and a new common name for Ardenna carneipes (Gould 1844) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Why does A. carneipes need a new English common name? well... #BirdNamesForBirds 🧵🧪
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Glad to see fab @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social's piece in @ibisjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/ibi....!
#BirdNamesForBirds are better than eponyms, but racist/derogatory names of #birds also need replacing. Hi Sable Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes).
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a blue bird perched on a rock against a blurred green background
a picture of me next to a lake with limestone hills in the background
Blue Rock Thrush that I encountered in the most beautiful habitat. ID was easy as it was blue, thrush-like and on a rock. 🪶 #birdnamesforbirds
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"People have been turning to social media to make up alternative bird names under the hashtag #BirdNamesForBirds."
www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...
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Historian card in wingspan, giving extra points for eponymous birds
Kelli kicking my ass in Wingspan..
Wingspan, what do we do when eponymous names are no more? Buy a new set of cards?
We play a modified version we call Mrs. Howell’s Rules #BirdNamesForBirds “Lovie!”
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