Why do so many people continue to choose MM as a hill to die on? He was a bad dude who did bad things to First Nations people. He doesn’t deserve to have anything named after him, let alone such a magnificent critter as the Pink Cockatoo. More below👇 #BirdNamesForBirds #WildOz

Attention #birdwatching folks, #AnimalRights. Please join our #LightsOutNYC rally on Broadway for this important #BirdSafety bill by Council Member Francisco Moya. Hear scientists, bird experts, & New York City Council members. Bring homemade signs! DM any questions. Thank you

🐦I wrote a piece about the movement to stop naming animals after people--and to remove existing eponyms. It's a story about righting science's historical wrongs, but also about reconsidering the responsibilities inherent in naming things. 1/ theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

no todos los días tu periodista científico favorito escribe un artículo para el que te entrevista y habla sobre una iniciativa a la que le has dedicado mucho tiempo y energía. y el artículo, como se esperaba, es maravilloso y profundo. gracias Ed Yong is not here!

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Update from the committee reviewing eponymous bird names Bird Names For Birds #BirdNamesForBirds

1799 #birdnamesforbirds #wos2023

Bird Names for Birds! #birdnamesforbirds @birdnames4birds

While I'm talking about it, it's always seemed weird that committees of ornithologists get to pick the common English names of birds. I read somewhere that David Sibley supports #BirdNamesForBirds. Well, this is a place where the Great Man theory of history would work. (1/2)

Apropos of nothing, the #progressive idea of eliminating #eponymous names for wild things dates back to at least 1799. #Peale #BN4B #BirdNamesforBirds

The slide (thanks just save birds 🌎!) from @MatthewHalley's presentation on #AlexanderWilson and the #PealeMuseum that brought the house down. #BirdNamesForBirds #BN4B

One year I promise I will genuinely get my act together and go to Global Birdfair given its pretty local to me... Also if anyone organising is reading, just throwing it out there that you could have Bird Names For Birds and/or Science & Sorcery material to your schedule...

We’re officially on Threads and Blue Sky! In addition to our original platforms - Facebook, Instagram, and this one. Same base handle everywhere (due to character limit) - @/BirdNames4Birds But the hashtag is spelled out - #BirdNamesForBirds

This upcoming week is going to be a big one and you’ll want to stay tuned…it’s the AOS meeting with votes, presentations, and more regarding all things bird names. Make sure you’re following our account and #BirdNamesForBirds wherever works best for you now.

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Just do it. I promise you that birders can handle new names (especially descriptive ones) for their birds. All the names are new to beginners. Bird Names For Birds Example (tired): Bewick was a friend of Audubon's (the latter probs owed him money). (wired): Gray-bellied Wren

And finally an Inwood legend, Annabelle’s Owl #birdnamesforbirds

An excellent thread! I believe I said in an interview somewhere on the subject that when I was a kid I kinda thought eponym names kinda sounded like wizard names, and honestly until I started researching them for BN4B that was still the case...