And can we change Ring-necked Duck to a name descriptive of something you can see through binoculars?
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/3079a4be-d2f0-4ba5-85b6-983fc93d41a8o%40googlegroups.com.
