This is NOT a "seagull!"
Joppa Flats bird bander, trip leader, and volunteer Alison O’Hare will present a slide program and lecture, “How Birds Get Their Names,” at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center on Wednesday, January 13, at 7:30 p.m.
It may sound impressive when a birder tells you he’s just seen a timber doodle, a Scolopax minor, a bog sucker, and an American woodcock. But the reality is, those are all names for the same bird. Here’s another fun fact relative to birding nomenclature: there’s no such thing as a “seagull.” And the logic behind Latin – and sometimes Greek – names for birds is fascinating. During her PowerPoint presentation, Alison O’Hare will discuss the rhymes and reasons behind the names we know – and don’t know – for the birds we see every day.
This program is open to the public, appropriate for all ages, and free to Mass Audubon’s members; non-members are asked to pay an admission fee of $4. No pre-registration is required.
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is a natural history education and visitor center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays, 8:30 to 4. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the website at www.massaudubon.org.
