I can just imagine the nick names. Ira Sanders On Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 7:27 AM Nathan Pieplow <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why should Steller get a jay named after him when he spent only a few > hours with the species and learned virtually nothing about it? He just > happened to be the first European person to shoot one. > > "The Makahs tell a story about how the bird we know as the Steller's Jay - > the bird the Makahs call *Kwish-kwishee* - got its crest. The mink, > Kwahtie, tried to shoot his mother, the jay, with an arrow but missed. Her > crest is ruffled to this day." > > https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/how-stellers-jay-got-its-crest > > Doesn't the name "Kwish-kwishee" ring with more romance than "Steller's > Jay"? > > Nathan Pieplow > Boulder > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 4:09 PM Ira Sanders <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Bob >> Maybe it will turn out that Steller was a Confederate general and they >> will change the name to Mountain Jay >> Ira Sanders >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 12:30 PM Robert Righter <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Peter the Great,Tsar of all of Russia, invited Georg W. Steller, a >>> German scientist to come to Russia and help explore and catalogue it’s >>> natural history. In 1741 Steller joined the Vitus Bering Expedition in >>> sailing east to discover what was out there. After several weeks they >>> bumped into new land now known as Alaska. Steller discovered a jay, now >>> known as Steller’s Jay. The expedition sailed west exploring the Aleutians. >>> Out of many of Steller’s new discoveries was a new eagle, now known as >>> Steller’s Sea Eagle. >>> >>> Doesn’t the eponymic name Steller’s Jay evoke more romance, interest, >>> and wonder than if it was just called, for convenience, say “Mountain” Jay? >>> >>> Bob Righter >>> Denver, CO >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >>> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >>> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >>> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >>> --- >>> 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/FC508BBA-97EB-459E-BA14-490D3F356CF3%40earthlink.net >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/FC508BBA-97EB-459E-BA14-490D3F356CF3%40earthlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >> --- >> 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/CABF3siG%3DSg3bOw-_CDmhbvpMR20AB1PXkYUBaVnNrq%3D_zKyu7w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siG%3DSg3bOw-_CDmhbvpMR20AB1PXkYUBaVnNrq%3D_zKyu7w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/CABF3siFbjS-WO5-omcXgJUW%3DZK7_%3DRrNfAXCPtK9%3D%2B3X6tPanA%40mail.gmail.com.
