tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post192016008924036665..comments2009-10-30T00:57:15.452-04:00Comments on Sibley Guides Notebook: Obsolete Bird NamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-60989623124746616352009-10-22T10:50:42.681-04:002009-10-22T10:50:42.681-04:00Cool list. I think some of the older ones are more...Cool list. I think some of the older ones are more fun sometimes. Though it isn't even mentioned on the list, I still prefer Timberdoodle over American Woodcock.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821760169329951459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-32756216194411654932009-10-20T09:38:50.335-04:002009-10-20T09:38:50.335-04:00Hi Lindsey, Yes, apparently this list hasn't b...Hi Lindsey, Yes, apparently this list hasn't been updated to show some of the recent name changes like Eastern Towhee and the reversion to Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles. <br /><br />And thanks to a post by David La Puma on the NJ listserv I learned a new one that's missing from this list: Brotherly-love Greenlet for Philadelphia Vireo.<br />From Webster's Online dictionary: <br David Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594789223586882529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-43850498193225127672009-10-19T16:20:05.712-04:002009-10-19T16:20:05.712-04:00Thanks for posting this, being a birder who is onl...Thanks for posting this, being a birder who is only 27 I am not familiar with a lot of the older names so this was interesting. The old names for American Bittern are so fitting for their call! I do wonder how old the list is though, I noticed Solitary Vireo is still in the new list, and had to double-check my recently printed bird books regarding Rufous-sided Towhee (which I and the books Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386243323076528579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-46357457331939953332009-10-19T11:20:27.905-04:002009-10-19T11:20:27.905-04:00Hi,
I was thinking about old bird names this morn...Hi,<br /><br />I was thinking about old bird names this morning when I saw a Solitary Vireo...oops, I mean a Blue-Headed Vireo. (I still identify its song by its one-at-a-time 'solitary' phrases.) The vireo was in with a bunch of Myrtle Warblers...oops, I mean Yellow-rumped Warblers. That was after I saw the young Marsh Hawk...um, Northern Harrier. Oh, and I saw a Duck Hawk, too -- make peregrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310871394184407035noreply@blogger.com