Hi all Funny seeing this post because in our iNaturalist project it keeps coming back with "Thick-billed Longspur (McCown's Longspur)" when I post bird photos and I sat there wondering "why do they have this?" ... now I know. Thanks Richard.
Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 4:57:46 PM UTC-6, Richard Trinkner wrote: > > Forgive me if this has already been covered on Cobirds. I don't recall > seeing it's discussion. > > The AOU decided last Friday to rename the > bird-fomerly-known-as-McCown's-Longspur to the Thick-billed Longspur. I > personally had not realized how controversial the bird's former namesake > was. > > > https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/science/mccowns-longspur-renamed-thick-billed-longspur/ > > I would imagine we'll be seeing the change in eBird soon. > > Richard Trinkner > Boulder > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ccc51de9-2550-4893-860b-34ecea87fb35o%40googlegroups.com.
