(I finally got round to cleaning out my mailbox, and I ran into this thread)
I pretty much agree with what Ann said (including the stupid "incredible") iMind you, when I got to the "Waterfowl" section I found myself thinking of Steve McQueen and his baseball (and couldn't get rid of the Bernstein earworm). Coincidentally in the last week Microsoft decided to feature the Blue-Footed Booby as the lock screen first on her machine then, a few days later, on mine. This prompted me to comment that I didn't know why Microsoft thought I wanted to look at pictures of Boobys ... On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 09:37:19AM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote: > I have to agree with Mike..and I love those bird names! - they are funny and > sometimes very sweet and/or rightly descriptive . and remember, these > mentioned are just the ENGLISH language version of the birds common names, > i.e., nicknames.. Not their actual zoological species names in most cases. > (note to that twitter poster.. ugh) > > I was kind of annoyed by the headline on Twisted Sifter "Species of Birds > Named By People Who Clearly Hate Birds is a Thing and It?s Incredible" > (it's the "incredible" that really got to me) > > Much funnier (IMHO) and enjoyable are the two books by John, Ben and > Catheryn Sill who love birds but have invented a variety of species and > illustrated them in " A field Guide to LIttle Known and Seldom Seen birds of > North America." I've got the original paperbacks from 1988 and 1990..but > there is a 2013 volume with a new not as cute cover on Amazon as well.? Lots > of used copies all over the internet, at least on this side of the pond.. > > ann > > > > On 2/13/2021 6:01 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > On 12 February 2021 at 22:23 "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > https://twistedsifter.com/2021/02/funny-bird-species-names-compilation/ > > > > > Quite the opposite in most cases. Some (e.g. Smew) are onomatopoeic > > versions of the bid's call. Others (troglodyte mignon) refer to behaviour > > or (horned screamer) are purely descriptive. The only one that may be > > slightly unkind is the (Blue footed - there are others) Booby. This is > > related to the albatross, spends minimal time earthbound and is therefore > > not the most agile of animals on its feet. But that assumes a late 20th > > century useage of the term, which may not be correct. > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
