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Why dozens of North American bird species are getting new names: Every name tells a story

  • Written by Jared Del Rosso, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Denver
imageBirders participate in the Christmas Bird Count on Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2017. Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

This winter, tens of thousands of birders will survey winter bird populations for the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, part of an international bird census,...

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