RE: A light-hearted follow-up to the phalarope affair.

[Stephen Ambrose <>]

>New Scientist had a long running series of such names in the back
>of the magazine; does anyone have any examples of bird-related names?
>

My school teacher inspired my interest in bird-watching when I was an
8-year-old living in England. He asked me to use a field guide to identify
a bird that was sitting in a tree outside the classroom. I can't remember
the identity of the bird species, but the teacher's name was Mr Heron!

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