Great read . Great info to know .   I will get me one of them Long tailed 
Duck Stamps to put beside my Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp ...    our wildlife 
needs all the help we can give it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert lane" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:20 PM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Oldsquaw Becomes Long-tailed Duck


In response to yesterdays statement of "Supposedly Politically Correct"; is 
an explanation from an excerpt from a proposed book on bird names by 
naturalist Gary Meiter. The following is the excerpt; if you like conspiracy 
theories this is good stuff!!!

Until 2000, this duck was known by the picturesque name "Oldsquaw". That 
year the American Ornithologist's Union changed it to the prosaic British 
name Long-tailed Duck. This is perhaps the only bird to have its name 
changed because it was deemed politically incorrect, although the AOU says 
it would never change a name for that reason alone.The stated reason for the 
name change was to conform to the longstanding British one, but the truth is 
that a group of U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service biologists working in Alaska 
petitioned the AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature to change 
the name, because they assumed that it was offensive to American Indians, 
whose cooperation was needed in the conservation of this species. The 
biologists were apparently ignorant of the fact that the Cree Indians 
originated the name Oldsquaw in the first place. But they apparently decided 
for the Indians that they should be offended. The Oldsquaw got its name, 
because it is a very talkative duck, whose melodious calls carry for a mile 
or more across water.
Continuing on another note: The invasion of the spring of 2010 is probably 
the most Long-tailed Ducks ever seen in Northeast Ohio. Something I think is 
really cool, is that how appropriate that the 2009-2010 Migratory Bird 
Hunting & Conservation Stamp is of a pair of Long-tailed Ducks. To 
commemorate this exciting bird chapter get out and purchase a stamp and help 
pay our way as birders.

Bob Lane / Damascus




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