Hey, all. As DWEM ornithologists go, Steller was actually a pretty righteous dude. Steller got in trouble with his patrons--in two countries!--for being overly sympathetic to indigenous peoples.
Also, Steller is relatively well known. But how about the person for whom the Ross's Goose was named? Thoughts on the matter here: https://www.aba.org/how-to-know-the-birds-no-47-watching-geese-in-the-age-of-birdnamesforbirds/ Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 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/CAGk944e%3Ddd%2BURYvXm6VqRRhpYzO%3Dqomc5F5AmtCfMX-ajvnj8A%40mail.gmail.com.
