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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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I’m focusing on Turkey Vultures here because they are undoubtedly the species most birders in North America (the home of 10kB) are most familiar with, but the name vulture applies to birds found around the globe. We’ll take these two similar, yet very different groups of birds separately. millions years ago.

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What are the Costs of Changing Bird Names?

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An op-ed in the Washington Post by Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter is a fine summary of the arguments, and there is a good background article at Birdwatching magazine. In other words, we might want to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed changes, either one at a time as a group. Some see political correctness run amuck.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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The homeowner, Fred Jordan, has been hosting visiting birders who heard of the bird through word-of-mouth since November. Many thanks to Fred Jordan for being a wonderful host with great enthusiasm for his awesome avian visitor. It made it through the rough winter and is still coming around to the feeders.

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