Hello ALL,
I fully agree with you statement.And than Ryan knows it's the Long-taile
duck and a hell of a birder to.He does not have to be reminded in using
OLDQUAW!!!!!!!!

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: kate hammill <katehammill75 at hotmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:29 AM
Subject: CORRECTIONS,CORRECTIONS,....give it a rest


> tweeters:
> I'm going to try and stay out of why OLDSQUAW was changed to LONG-TAILED
> DUCK. I can see the sound political and social reasoning. I also think
it's
> ironic that the "collective we" still think the ATLANTA BRAVES and the
> CLEVELAND INDIANS are OK, but have lobbied hard to change a ducks
> name....Sorry...I digress.
> My point was to be: let's give folks a break when they occasionally,
> mistakenly use the wrong name for LONG-TAILED DUCK or misspell the
STELLER'S
> JAY. We all know it's Steller's and not Stellar's, let's give everyone a
> break(or at least correct them privately) and stop being so nit-picky
about
> the obvious.
>
>
> kate hammill
> seattle, wa
> MailTo: katehammill75 at hotmail.com
>
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