[Tweeters] New Name for Steller's Jay?

[Kenneth Brown]

I like it, but I would prefer Black and Blue Jay.
 


> On 01/08/2024 11:17 PM PST Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:

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> I saw a suggestion for the new Steller’s Jay name on this posting https://www.reddit.com/r/birding/comments/17m3i51/i_went_ahead_and_renamed_80_birds/?share_id=vY2MJPHK41wmnnvlwg5Xv&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1. 

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> Old name:   Steller’s Jay

> New name:   Stellar Jay

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> I think it is a superb name and fitting. Many people don’t know who Georg Steller was anyhow and likely thought that the name was always Stellar Jay. And, like my son commented, “That hairdo do be stellar!”.

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> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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