Eponyms Challenge

Before our meeting and during breaks, participants will walk about the room and write suggestions on the flip chart that has each bird’s name and photo - to suggest a name that better depicts the bird than its current eponymous name.  There will be 12 species in total. Come prepared with your ideas - or generate them on the spot!

For the latest on the American Orniothological Society's progress on eponyms, follow this link:

https://americanornithology.org/english-bird-names/english-common-bird-names-member-forum-feedback/

Not in order of photos above: Gamble’s Quail, Steller’s Jay, Townsend’s Warbler, Lucy’s Warbler, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Cooper’s Hawk, Harris’s Hawk, Grace’s Warbler, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Abert’s Towhee, Anna’s Hummingbird, Wilson’s Snipe 

(photos courtesy of Muriel Neddermeyer and Margaret Dyekman)