How about Rufous-sided Towhee?? I made that mistake a couple of years ago and was corrected by a younger birder. And then there WAS Myrtle Warbler. Charlie Henderson KY > On Oct 8, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Sometimes my mind reverts to bird names that I learned many years ago. The > snipe at Big Island was a Wilson's Snipe not a Common Snipe. I actually > know the difference as many of my birding friends know and have seen both > Common and Wilson's Snipe as recently as 2013 during my Big Year. Common > Snipe was on St. Paul Island during my Big Year, and my first was on Adak > in 2004. Recently, I have occasionally called Dark-eyed Juncos > Slate-colored; the change goes back quite a ways. It must be related to > the aging process as I am in my early 70's. I learned Slate-colored 65+ > years ago at a young age. Very frustrating when this happens, and often I > am not even aware of it until someone reminds me. Thanks to those who send > me reminders. Sorry for the confusion. > Jay > > Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH > Sent from DROID RAZR HD > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]