Posted on Dec 27, 2023
Last Christmas Bird Count underway ahead of new bird name plan
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The annual Christmas Bird Count is underway. The Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count, now in its 124th year, is the nation's longest running community science bird project.
The birds people are counting, however, could soon have different names. As NPR reported earlier this year, the American Ornithological Society vowed "to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary."
The birds people are counting, however, could soon have different names. As NPR reported earlier this year, the American Ornithological Society vowed "to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary."
Last Christmas Bird Count underway ahead of new bird name plan
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SGT (Join to see) good day Brother Charlie, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Lawson notes that while this discussion is about bird names, the issue could spread to other species.
"We name frogs, we name snails, we name small mammals — there's Thompson's gazelle. A lot of these are named after people, and we can also think about if those should also have those names," she notes. "I hope that this name changing will happen more across groups."
The American Ornithological Society has said its renaming project efforts will begin in 2024.
The bird count is just about what it sounds like. People gather at a set time and date — this year it runs from Dec. 14, 2023 to Jan. 5, 2024 — and count as many wild birds as they can find within a defined area. Those results are reported to the national organization for analysis."
..."Lawson notes that while this discussion is about bird names, the issue could spread to other species.
"We name frogs, we name snails, we name small mammals — there's Thompson's gazelle. A lot of these are named after people, and we can also think about if those should also have those names," she notes. "I hope that this name changing will happen more across groups."
The American Ornithological Society has said its renaming project efforts will begin in 2024.
The bird count is just about what it sounds like. People gather at a set time and date — this year it runs from Dec. 14, 2023 to Jan. 5, 2024 — and count as many wild birds as they can find within a defined area. Those results are reported to the national organization for analysis."
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