Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:18:54 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Scott Crabtree Subject: Re: Words for Birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When I lived in Texas, I tried to get people to use an alternative for Greater Roadrunner - the Chihuahuan Lizard Cuckoo. Didn't have much luck. Scott Crabtree Chester, MD crabtree@myshorelink.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Ellis To: Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 7:15 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Words for Birds > I, too, loved Henry Armistead's recent piece. He is a true > wordcrafter. > > On the subject of alternative names for birds, these are some of my > favorites from a Bird Watcher's Digest.com article by the late Rick > Blom: > > Beef bittern - Cattle egret > > Black-throated brown - House sparrow > > Carp-shinned hawk - Osprey > > Forest chippy - Worm-eating warbler (very similar call to Chipping > sparrow) > > Yellowstart - female or young Redstart > > > By they way, do any (or many) of our MD birders know what the "T." in > Eirik A. T. Blom stands for? (I do, but I am not sure what the "A." > stands for.) > > > Other favorite bird names, possibly my own innovations: > > Lawn thrush - American robin > > U. S. thrush - Eastern bluebird > > Bill Ellis > Eldersburg > Carroll County > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================