[Tweeters] New Name for Steller's Jay?

[Molly Cvetovac]

What about Hooded Blue Jay? Non-birders always call them Blue Jays anyways…

Molly Cvetovac
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On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 11:33 AM Kenneth Brown <kenbrownpls at comcast.net>
wrote:


> I like it, but I would prefer Black and Blue Jay.

>

>

> On 01/08/2024 11:17 PM PST Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:

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>

> I saw a suggestion for the new Steller’s Jay name on this posting

> <https://www.reddit.com/r/birding/comments/17m3i51/i_went_ahead_and_renamed_80_birds/?share_id=vY2MJPHK41wmnnvlwg5Xv&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1>.

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> Old name:   Steller’s Jay

> New name:   Stellar Jay

>

> I think it is a superb name and fitting. Many people don’t know who Georg

> Steller was anyhow and likely thought that the name was always Stellar Jay.

> And, like my son commented, “That hairdo do be stellar!”.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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