In a message dated 1/8/2007 4:39:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
birdbooker at zipcon.net writes:

Problem with listing all common names of birds is it would take an entire
book to do so! Pick up a copy of Birds of America edited by T. Gilbert
Pearson and then look up Ruddy Duck. See how many common names there are
for that species alone!


For good indoor birding if the weather's foul (fowl?), try Ernest A.
Choate's Dictionary of American Bird Names.
The copyright date is 1985 so an update is probably in order. Still, good re
ading.

Joe Meche
Bellingham