This is a huge list, with lots of different people on it. It is so
unprofessional to use it to soapbox your personal political bent. I hope I
never read another email like that on here again.
Maryfaith
On Sat, Jun 5, 2021, 5:26 PM Carl Steckler wrote:
> First it was statues, then military
What names are you referring to? It's my understanding that what we used
to call an Oldsquaw is now properly called a Long-Tailed Duck. Are there
other birds whose names are being changed? The quotation below is from
Wikipedia, but similar commentaries are found in other references:
"The
First it was statues, then military bases.
Now the target of the woke crowd are birds.
The American Ornithological Society is thinking about changing the names of
some birds because they have a past that some call racist.
Common people there is no room for political correctness in bird watching,
