[TN-Bird] more fun with bird names
- From: "Reese, Carol" <jreese5@xxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:09:42 +0000
Cedar Faxwing: a highly evolved bird that employs telecommunications instead of
bird song.
Redheaded Hoodpecker: a hot-tempered bird known to attack automobiles parked
too close to its habitat.
Stuffed Grouse: elusive oven-ready game bird. (Robin Lovell, Toronto)
Pleated Woodpecker: a bird with uniquely folded feathers. (Anne Roney, London,
Ont.)
Vowl: a night hunter identified by its call of "AEIOU."
Purple Martian: bird with the longest migration route. (Al Wilkinson,
Barrie)
Northern Shriek: greets the northern dawn with a frenzied, but meaningless, cry
of alarm. (B. W. Jackson, Hamilton)
Evening Grosspeak: noctural bird indigenous to city parks. Song is a series of
loud, strident noises accompanied by rude language.
Chickapea: a small European migrant; feeds mainly on garbanzo beans.
(Sandra L. Jones, Vancouver, and Cathy Furgiuele, Toronto)
The Purple Flinch: a nervous and twitchy bird, easily startled.
The Black-Capped Chiclet: a small bird known for lengthy mastication of its
food. (Christine Dugdale, Lachine, Que.)
Hooded Mergangster: a duck that terrorizes other birds and steals their eggs.
Glossy Ibid: a long-legged wader, always seen in the same place.
Red-tailed Gawk: a large bird that sits in a tree and stares at the landscape.
(Geoffrey Pierpoint, King City, Ont.)
Baltimore Oreo: eats the middle of his food first. (Linda Lumsden,
Peterborough, Ont.)
Power Moa: a noisy bird that feeds on suburban lawns.
Storm Petrol: an oilbird (genus Hydrocarbonae) indigenous to Exxon Provence.
(Chris Doyle, Burke, Va.)
Either/or-iole: indecisive bird, afraid to take existential leap.
Toucam: has miniature camera in its bill for live Web casts. (Paul Kocak,
Syracuse, N.Y.)
Thumbingbird: has learned to alleviate the stress of lengthy migrations by
hitchhiking. (C. H. Vane-Hunt, Salt Spring Island, B.C.)
Long-Billed Curfew: a quiet bird, rarely seen after nightfall. (Jay Booker,
Vancouver)
The Ring-Necked Pleasant: much nicer than others of its species. (S. J.
Hollenberg, Vancouver)
Hamming Pigeon: will imitate William Shatner for food. (G. Treflak, Sudbury)
Dennis Paulson, Director phone 253-879-3798 Slater Museum of Natural History
fax 253-879-3352 University of Puget Sound e-mail
dpaulson@xxxxxxx<mailto:dpaulson@xxxxxxx> Tacoma, WA 98416
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/museum.html
"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
- Aldo Leopold<http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/43828.Aldo_Leopold>
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx<mailto:jreese5@xxxxxxx>
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