Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:13:27 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Re: Bird name pronunciations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Make that HOORAY Sherry! I never claimed to be a speeler, er uh, a speller. Stan -----Original Message----- From: Stan Arnold To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Bird name pronunciations >Hoory Sherry! You have found a web site that answers the greatest number of >questions I've ever had about birds: how to pronounce their names! > >Stan Arnold >Glen Burnie >blackrail@earthlink.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sherry Peruzzi >To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >Date: Friday, June 14, 2002 11:03 AM >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Bird name pronunciations > > >On the various field trips at the conference (which was >terrific -- thanks to all who worked so hard to make it >happen!), I heard so many different pronunciations of the >name of one particular warbler that, as a fairly new birder, >I began to be afraid to say it out loud at all! Is it the >Northern par-OO-luh? PAR-uh-luh? PAR-yuh-luh? >PAR-yoo-luh? > >So this morning I did a little searching on the Internet, >and turned up an interesting and amusing guide to bird name >pronunciation. For any of you out there who are also >uncertain about Parulas, Plovers, and the rest, this page is >worth reading: > >http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/birdname.htm > >(Now if I can just remember what it says....) > >Sherry > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================