Trip report: Truganina Explosives Reserve, Altona, Victoria

[Lorraine <>]

Hi
Lawrie's email prompted me to raise something I've wondered about for a 
while.  Why is it that plant people talk in Latin and bird people 
don't?  If I'm walking in the bush with a plant friend I can say "Isn't 
that a great melanoxylon" or "I see a pedunculata" and she understands 
me.  The implied 'Acacia' or ''Pterostylis respectively is unnecessary, and 
we don't need to use the common names of Blackwood Wattle or Maroonhood 
Orchid. And I'm just an amateur at all this plant stuff.   But when I'm 
with my bird watching friends we only use common names.  Why is this?
Regards
Lorraine



> Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
> Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
> White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
> Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
> Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
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