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April 25, 2013
Time to Give Sapsuckers a Better Name!
My latest column for The Record is championing the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, who got the raw end of the deal when it comes to names.
The link is here.
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Excellent idea, Ruth!
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Wright’s Woodpecker, like in old days when birds were given the name of the person who discovered them.
Not that you discovered the bird Jim, but you surely discovered how silly its name currently is. -
Ok I can’t resist–last one!…(stealing a bit from Don)…Norton’s Sap-swiller
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ok one more…White-sided Tree-creeper
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Red-throated Wood-creeper
Red and Yellow Tree-haunter -
A Black-and-White Sap-Swiller
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Jim Wright
Excellent idea, Ruth!
Ruth Friedkin
Wright’s Woodpecker, like in old days when birds were given the name of the person who discovered them.
Not that you discovered the bird Jim, but you surely discovered how silly its name currently is.
RF
Ok I can’t resist–last one!…(stealing a bit from Don)…Norton’s Sap-swiller
RF
ok one more…White-sided Tree-creeper
RF
Red-throated Wood-creeper
Red and Yellow Tree-haunter
Don
A Black-and-White Sap-Swiller