Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:18:15 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Looking for quotes In-Reply-To: <001e01c3f304$2a76e6c0$54493144@ibm1123> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In addition to the pie-eyed ones, let's not forget all those "Red-necked Creeps" we saw last winter. fdp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Emily Joyce > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 8:10 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Looking for quotes > > > The ring-BILLED duck seems far more appropriate to me than ring-NECKED > duck. I have to stop and think "it isn't the obvious name" even after > all these years of birding. It just seems bassackwards somehow. > > As for the "seagull", I'd rather have a non-birder actually see the > bird enough to call it something than to ignore it. That gives one > the opening to say something like "Oh, yes. That one's a .... gull. > You can tell by...." If one loftily tells a person "There's no such > thing!" it is inhibiting (I've seen it done!) and may discourage > someone who otherwise may come to know the gulls well and to be an > avider observer. > > A little group of us used to joke about "pie-eyed grebes" until a > beginner overheard us and thought that was the bird's name. We > suddenly realized that we need to be a careful about terminology and > birding shorthand, especially around those who are relatively new to > the game. Still, every time time I look at that little grebe, I think > "pie-eyed" and smile. > > > Emily Joyce > Crownsville, MD 21032 > ejoyce18@comcast.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adam Smith > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:12 PM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Looking for quotes > > > Okay, > > I have to chime in with three: > > 1) Ring-billed Duck > .... > 3) Sea Gull > > As a Professor started out the Ornithology class with, "I do not > ever want hear any of you say "sea gull"...they're all gulls and they > each have a name. > To be honest, that really has stuck with me and I cringe each time I > hear someone say look at the sea gull. (shudder) > > > > > ------------ > Adam Smith > Arbutus MD > cyanbluecobalt@msn.com > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================