Subject: Re: people with bird names
Date: Jan 23 09:39:34 1995
From: Coll-Peter Thrush - coll at admsec.wwu.edu



Well, my parents almost named me Robin, which would have been pretty
ridiculous. My grandmother's name is Phoebe Thrush; my partner's name is
Simon Martin; his mother's name is Nina Rook; we've talked about naming our
children Swain (short for Swainson's, of course) and Veery...

Coll Thrush
Western Washington University

On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, Clark Blake wrote:

> I ran into a lady yesterday who named her daughter Towhee. I have known several Robins and Phoebes plus one Vireo (birder's daughter).Merlin, Martin, Jay, and
> Peregrine are fairly comon men's names. Any others out there?
> Clark Blake, Dept. of geology, WWU, Bellingham, WA 98225
>