M. Price writes:

>The query is this: after nearly a century, why does the North American
>birding community rely exclusively on hunter and British birder usage for
>its slang, jargon, patois, idioms & etc., instead of generating its own as
>nearly every other activity-group (quilters, dragracers, anglers) has?

In his book "Kingbird Highway", Ken Kaufman describes the growth of the
birding 'vernacular' in North America quite nicely. I believe they
referred to themselves with the acronym: I(ncredible) D(istances) I(n)
O(rnithological) T(ravel)

Rick Romea
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