Re: [cobirds] Paper concerning pros & cons changing bird names

Well, since we are on this topic again, I would urge you all to watch the YouTube video by Rohan Pethiyagoda (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tuD68dUAAAAJ&hl=en) to hear what a person of color living in a post colonial country has to say about the call to remove "harmful" eponymous names: https://youtu.be/kLMY-rw1yA0

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On Jul 1, 2024, at 9:41 AM, Marty W <wolfmartinc@gmail.com> wrote:

I concur, Eric... There's so much resistance to change and to acknowledging the errors of the past, which best need correcting for the greater good (including bird name accuracy/usefulness). History & scientific names can't be changed, but common names? --Yes, and it's an easy transition, again for the greater good. Keeps our brain synapses sparking & growing.

Marty Wolf

NW CO Spgs

On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 8:05 PM Eric DeFonso <bay.wren@gmail.com> wrote:

I didn't see much discussion of the pros, pretty much only the cons as perceived by the authors. That's one thing that troubles me about the resistance to the AOS efforts, the pretense of neutrality and objectivity as evinced by the 3rd sentence in the abstract, which implies that similar deep feelings are not possessed by those authoring this piece.

Eric

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Eric DeFonso
Boulder County, CO

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