<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)">The "Birds of the World" species accounts offer detailed information on just about every aspect of every species. Access to this online resource is complimentary with membership in the Washington Ornithological Society. From the account for ʻAkohekohe:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><font size="4">"'Äkohekohe (pronounced "ah ko-hay ko-hay"), is derived from one of the calls it commonly gives from the treetops of the rain forest." </font></span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,35);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 5:17 PM Laurel Parshall <<a href="mailto:knasnan@gmail.com">knasnan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Many thought provoking views and varying points along our individual 'perches' of our life spectrums. <div dir="auto">Based on Hal Michael's mention of the Hawaiian name Akohekohe selected for the previous English used Crested Honeycreeper, with the meaning being female genitalia, what do we know about how that name came to be used? Was it merely descriptive, derogatory or empowering? Doubtful that we will ever sort that out. Likely it will be used for any one of those, depending on the intention and the perception of the receiver. </div><div dir="auto">It did lighten my mind and then provoke my response.</div><div dir="auto">Our world is rounded, with billions of points of view. I do enjoy the bird's-eye one whether I will ever understand it or not. </div><div dir="auto">Laurel Parshall in Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula kehlilanasnan at Yahoo the dot com-place</div></div>
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