Re: [MDOsprey] Oldsquaw/Long-tailed Duck
Charlie Muise (cmmbirds@yahoo.com)
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 14:01:30 -0800 (PST)
Patty (and others)
There was a, um, rather, shall we say, LENGHTY
thread on this topic about a month ago on
BirdChat. You may be interested in looking at
the archives.
The gist is that:
a) there is an attempt to make ABA names sync
with English (of the European sort) names. The
very clever and creative English name is
Long-tailed Duck.
b) there is some percieved racial irritibility in
the name.
IMHO: the name is neat, let's keep it. I've had
several Native American friends who saw little
harm in the word squaw, and in this context it
isn't referring directly to a human.
Besides, how would this differ from either of the
Pintailed ducks?
Charlie Muise
--- Patty Craig <pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net>
wrote:
> Could someone please tell me the reason behind
> changing "Oldsquaw" to
> "Long-tailed Duck". It is very upsetting to me
> to contemplate yet
> another bird species named for the male alone.
>
> Thanks,
> Patty Craig
> Dameron, MD
> pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net
>
>
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Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
Maryland, USA
cmmbirds@yahoo.com
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