[Tweeters] Green Heron Name?

[Elaine Anderson via Tweeters]

I didn’t get the sense that Larry was lobbying for a change, but that he
was having a bit of fun with physical descriptors.

I never did understand where “green heron” came from!

Elaine

On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM Jim Betz via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Larry,

>

>    We, the people in the field, don't get to choose the names for the

> birds.  It's best to just

>

> accept whatever name they have rather than lobby for a change ... ???

> At least the name

>

> of the Green Heron hasn't changed like the Marsh Hawk and some others

> ...  - Jim in Skagit

>

>

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