Letter from Jon Dunn

[Rachel Kolokoff Hopper]

COBirders,

Here is a link to a letter from Jon Dunn about the recent AOS decision to change all eponymous bird names. Please take a moment to read it. It contains a wealth of information that most of us would not be aware of without his input, particularly the part about Zino’s Petrel.

The petition is here: https://chng.it/VHyjZp5snr

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Rachel Kolokoff Hopper

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Ft. Collins, CO

[Donald Jones]

Certainly worth a read. As is this piece, voicing the opposing opinion, by Kenn Kauffman: 

http://www.kaufmanfieldguides.com/kenn-on-the-issues/eponymous-bird-names-and-the-history-of-ornithology?fbclid=IwAR32lesbSDgzt0MiBEG4bGBoBBnWEPPcisGmEW9z-aWljHFrMbOi08lwxaU

Don Jones

Laramie, WY