HI:
At least we do have standard English names for the species we are
interested in. Most other branches in Zoology (and Botany) just use
scientific names. How many people would complain if we posted our
sightings on tweeters like this:

Today I had a male Anas penelope in with a flock of A. americana.
Couldn't find the Larus ridibundus that had been reported recently, but I
did have one Clangula hyemalis.

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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way!"