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> On Apr 16, 2021, at 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. 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