>As long as we're on bird names and english, I *have* a pet peeve, too.
>
>Many years ago, the USGS decided that no one has possessive ownership
>of lakes, mountains or other geologic features, thus it is Mt St. Helens,
>not Mt St. Helen's, etc. (Or perhaps geologists don't type well enough
>to want to search for the apostrophe.) I personally feel the same
>about species. How can Townsend possess so many species? I
>vote for Townsends Warbler.
>
>Kelly Cassidy

Good point, Kelly, and, in fact, in some groups the apostrophe isn't used,
so the common name would be Townsend (not Townsends) warbler.

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