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Birders

Donkees

(32,395 posts) Thu Jan 25, 2024, 06:59 AM Jan 2024

Pyrrhuloxia

B. Benson

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Pyrrhuloxia (Original Post) Donkees Jan 2024 OP

Good morning Beauty! Goddessartist Jan 2024 #1

Beautiful! Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #2

Losing the first half of its name would eliminate the flame and ash imagery ... Donkees Feb 2024 #3

Goddessartist

(2,067 posts)

1. Good morning Beauty!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2024, 07:39 AM

Jan 2024

Birds are such a delight! Swiping this one for wing reference.

Thank you for posting this little beauty!

Dear_Prudence

(823 posts)

2. Beautiful!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Wed Feb 7, 2024, 08:48 PM

Feb 2024

What an amazing picture! I live in the Midwest so we have regular cardinals here. When I saw a purrhuloxia on a trip to Arizona, I started sputtering because I knew what it was, but couldn't remember the name. Do you think we could, just informally, give it another common name that is easier to remember and to pronounce?

Donkees

(32,395 posts)

3. Losing the first half of its name would eliminate the flame and ash imagery ...

Reply to Dear_Prudence (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 8, 2024, 05:45 AM

Feb 2024

and the second half of the name describes its beak. People have already created various popular names for this bird, but the original name packs so much information in one word

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