Maybe call Ring-necked Duck "White-armpitted Duck" The only way I make 100% positive IDs from long distances for these fellas. *The birds are happy, and so am I*
*~Caleb Alons, Larimer County* On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 8:23:11 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > 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/daf80ec5-429b-4fd5-b216-9d1183d3e48en%40googlegroups.com.
