Oh dear. In 2007 I contributed an essay on the subject when Julian R asked
about 'hobbys' or 'hobbies'. Attached.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Clayton
Sent: Monday, 14 June 2010 6:36 PM
To: 'Elizabeth Compston'; 'Canberra Birds'
Subject: great crested grebe
Elizabeth,
Regardless of which taxonomic authority you use, ALL common names for
species are capitalised. I don't use Christidis and Boles as it is now
already out of date but they use capitals, the IOC uses capitals, Clements
uses capitals and I am sure there are other lists out there and they will
also use capitals.
Cheers,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Compston
Sent: Monday, 14 June 2010 6:21 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: great crested grebe
I was at the new lake at Dulop this afternoon. had not realised
what a big lake it was. I was delighted to see a pair of Great
CrestednGrebes, a pair of musk ducks, and a pair of Australasian
Grebes. (Why do we use capital letters for some birds and lower case
for others?)
Also at Googong Dam on Wednesday, I saw a pair of musk ducks.
There is Grasslands Nature Reserve at Dunlop. And it sure is only
grassland, not a tree or shrub to be seen. But it seems to me that
it would be a real fire hazard in windy conditions, even if the
weather was not hot. Anyone know anything about it. The street
beside it is Kerrigan and there are lots of houses around
Elizabeth
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