Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people

[RoseRed]

Seriously!?! How ridiculously stupid!

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday.

Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada.

“There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary and harmful today,” the organization's president, Colleen Handel, said in a statement. “Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely.”

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people

Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada

www.nbcwashington.com

 

[stgislander]

Well there probably aren't many new species to discover so the AOS needs something to occupy their time.

 

[RoseRed]

Well there probably aren't many new species to discover so the AOS needs something to occupy their time.

Maybe, but still stupid.

 

[Grumpy]

Guessing that the Dems are bitching about the Dodo since it hits too close to home.

 

[RoseRed]

Guessing that the Dems are bitching about the Dodo since it hits too close to home.

Too bad we can't make them go extinct.

 

[WingsOfGold]

The Jack Russel canary will be extinct?

 

[vraiblonde]

Rats! I was going to start this thread and headline it "Bird Brain".

Just when you think these people can't get any more ridiculous....

 

[RoseRed]

Rats! I was going to start this thread and headline it "Bird Brain".

Just when you think these people can't get any more ridiculous....

Stupid trying to out-stupid the stupid.

 

[herb749]

I would be willing to bet some Woke hire raised a fuss that they were all named after white people. You know its true.

 

[Monello]

Military bases, mountain ranges, birds. Who knows what is next. Maybe all the latin names of flora & fauna that someone might find remotely offensive.

 

[RoseRed]

Military bases, mountain ranges, birds. Who knows what is next. Maybe all the latin names of flora & fauna that someone might find remotely offensive.

Butter, syrup and rice.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

Seriously!?! How ridiculously stupid!

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people

Next year, the organization will begin to rename around 80 species found in the U.S. and Canada

www.nbcwashington.com

It's always something.

 

[Hijinx]

Anything the usual suspects find offensive will be changed.
Just another way to placate the Knee grows.

 

[vraiblonde]

Anything the usual suspects find offensive will be changed.
Just another way to placate the Knee grows.

But it's not black people who are clamoring for this, unless you count the shake down activists who bitch for a living. It's white liberals coming up with this crap to cover for their racism.

"See me not being racist? Everyone knows black people can't find the DMV or vote without help, and are really really angry about bird names. So Shaniqua and Jamal, I am here! Your white savior, come to rescue you! Because I'm NOT a racist!"

 

[Grumpy]

But it's not black people who are clamoring for this, unless you count the shake down activists who bitch for a living. It's white liberals coming up with this crap to cover for their racism.

"See me not being racist? Everyone knows black people can't find the DMV or vote without help, and are really really angry about bird names. So Shaniqua and Jamal, I am here! Your white savior, come to rescue you! Because I'm NOT a racist!"

Had a black woman as a boss back in the early 90s, she told me that the scariest people out there were upper crust white liberal women.

 

[vraiblonde]

Had a black woman as a boss back in the early 90s, she told me that the scariest people out there were upper crust white liberal women.

White liberals are the worst, and white liberal women are the worst of the worst. You'd think black people would stop voting for them, wouldn't you?

 

[spr1975wshs]

Butter, syrup and rice.

Cream of Wheat, too

 

[Kyle]

The most common brood parasite in the United States is the Brown-headed Cowbird. They don’t rear their own young but instead pawn the task of child care off onto other species without their knowledge.

We can rename them Urban Cowbirds.

 

[Kyle]

Or maybe these...

Gulls are both perpetrators and victims of opportunistic kleptoparasitism, particularly during the breeding season. While the victim is most often another member of the same species, other (principally smaller) gulls and terns can also be targeted.

 

[Kyle]

The Gen-Z Bird

The Kakapo parrot is considered to be the laziest bird in the world. They are flightless and nocturnal, spending most of their time on the ground and sleeping during the day.