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    Date of this Version

    3-2024

    Document Type

    Article

    Citation

    Nebraska Bird Review, volume 92, number 1, March 2024, pp. 18–20

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    Published by the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union, Inc.

    Abstract

    This year the theme for our color photo section was birds named for people. For the purposes of our selections, we looked only at the common names of birds, although some species also reflect the names of people in their scientific names. Many species are named for people, but photos of the ones listed here are on the first six pages of this year’s color section.

    Baird’s Sandpiper, Baird’s Sparrow Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was the first curator and later secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and was instrumental in expanding the Institution’s natural history collections. John James Audubon named the sandpiper for him, and Elliott Coues named the sparrow for him. [also Baird’s Flycatcher and Baird’s Trogon].

    Baltimore Oriole
    Brewer’s Sparrow
    Bullock’s Oriole
    Cassin’s Finch
    Cassin’s Kingbird
    Clark’s Grebe
    Clark’s Nutcracker
    Cooper’s Hawk
    Forster’s Tern
    Franklin’s Gull
    Harris’s Sparrow
    Henslow’s Sparrow
    LeConte’s Sparrow
    Lincoln’s Sparrow
    Nelson’s Sparrow
    Ross’s Goose
    Sabine’s Gull
    Sprague’s Pipit
    Steller’s Jay
    Swainson’s Hawk
    Swainson’s Thrush
    Townsend’s Solitaire
    Wilson’s Phalarope
    Wilson’s Snipe
    Wilson’s Warbler

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