ElextraStellar Jay [OC]
Great photo! I always love these guys. The goth versions of Blue Jays!
I don’t want to be pedantic but it’s “Steller’s Jay”.
The bird is named after the German naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, the first European to record them, in 1741. [source](en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller's Jay)
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Inside the AOS Recommendation to Change Common Bird Names
Steller's Jay by Matt Zuro / Macaulay Library. When a special committee of the American Ornithological Society first met to reconsider the common names of birds named after people, eBird project leader Marshall Iliff came to a realization: despite long-standing practice, naming birds after people
Thank you for pointing this out. I wasn’t aware of this movement. It seems like a great idea!
Yeah. I found it interesting. I have heard rumors that “ Audubon” might rename as well due to controversy around its namesake having been a slave trader.
Smitty@Durandal @Vorticity not a rumor.