sunlitrainMade it to my sister's house in Juneau, Alaska. She feeds the birds.
Also, since we are all in the process of updating bird names, I submit these should be STELLAR Jays, not Steller's Jays. 😁
Budgegeria 🦜@patricianicoloso I guess this little dot on the throat is purple... #birdnames
JulesceltI'm channeling (not really) my MIL...becuase this is the perfect birthday card! #BirdNames
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Sylvia WrightHere's a new inside look (listen) into the work of the American Ornithological Society's Ad Hoc Committee on changing the names of birds that were named for people. One participant, Steve Hampton, wrote in Nov., "There were times - many times - when I had no idea where our committee would end up nor what the AOS would do with whatever we came up with." https://www.aba.org/inside-the-bird-name-committee/?fbclid=IwAR1-6_JfR_nq_Qmt46UBu-x40Llm_HTwt7UyLl04ojI11AeKBm7zcYjlNGU
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#Birds #Birding #birdnames #ornithology
AutisticMumTo3‘There is power in a name’: why dozens of American birds are being renamed | Birds | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/02/why-north-american-birds-renamed-ornithological-society
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