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(August 9, 2020) The American Ornithological Society's (AOS) North American Classification Committee (NACC) announced Friday, August 7 night via an email to society members, that a formal change was made to a single bird species's English common name. Rhynchophanes mccownii, the scientific name for this species and previously called McCown's Longspur, will now be known...
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John Kirk Townsend, who lived from 1809 to 1851, was a prolific American naturalist. In his short life, he collected specimens of several species of bird that were new to science. But he was also an odious racist who raided the graves of Native Americans. He removed skulls from their corpses and sent them to...
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EntitledThe Birds That Audubon Missed, Kenn Kaufman's new book is about much more than just those birds and John James Audubon. WhatSong of the Dodowas to ecology, this book is to American ornithology - an often fascinating and rollicking tale about the stumbles and successes of early ornithological pioneers.Kaufman was gracious enough to send me...
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Don't just escape from something; escape to something. Chris Guillebeau
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