----- Original Message ----- From: "William Peeples" <wpeeples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Harrington, Joseph" <jharring@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] Memphis CBC record high total > I figure you are right, re. the reason for name change of Oldsquaw to > Long-tailed Duck. > I have wondered, though, if the word "squaw" might not be considered > possibly offensive to some (?) > AOU still calls "Common Merganser" what the British call "Goosander" (which > I think is a neat name for a bird that's not common here). > But I'm glad we still use the word "loon"; "diver" just isn't as good a > name. And "Great Northern Diver" wouldn't make sense in North America, > where the Common Loon is the least northern of the 5 loon species. > And I hope we keep distinguishing jaegers from skuas and murres from > guillemots, unlike the British. > Rob Peeples > Germantown, TN > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harrington, Joseph" <jharring@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <wpeeples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 9:36 AM > Subject: RE: [TN-Bird] Memphis CBC record high total > > > Rob - > > Is the name change (from Oldsquaw to Long-tailed duck) really about PC? > I thought it was to harmonize N. American and European bird names (like > the change from sparrow-hawk to kestrel or marsh-hawk to harrier). > > Joe Harrington > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Peeples [mailto:wpeeples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:49 AM > To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TN-Bird] Memphis CBC record high total > > > 19 Dec 2003 > The species total for the Memphis Christmas Count, held last Sunday > the 14th, is now 104 species plus one count week, 3 higher than the > previous record for this 76 year old count. > Additions include an Oldsquaw (Long-tailed Duck for the politically > correct) at TVA Lake; Horned Grebes, Wild Turkeys and Bonaparte's Gulls > at President's Island; a Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Dunlins, 2 LeConte's > Sparrows and 20 Lapland Longspurs in the Ensley area. And a count week > Turkey Vulture. > Rob Peeples > Germantown, TN > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with > first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. > ----------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------- > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ----------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society > Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) > endorse the views or opinions expressed > by the members of this discussion group. > > Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ======================================================== > > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================