<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>Then maybe for the raven, too, since no bird should be called "common" - just my opinion.<br/>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Bill Mowat via Tweeters" <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br/>
<b>To:</b> "tweeters@u.washington.edu" <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] Biggest Loser Thread Origin</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Thanks for the clarification, Stephen and Faye. I now understand the joking reference to Amerigo. I guess we could go with “Completely Black Crow” instead of "American Crow”. </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji" , sans-serif;">😊</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"> Stephen Chase via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br/>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 23, 2024 11:01 AM<br/>
<b>To:</b> Bill Mowat <billmowat@hotmail.com><br/>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] Biggest Loser Thread Origin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bill et al.,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The "Biggest Loser" reference was actually a reference to the upcoming name changes from the AOS removing epynomous names from birds - i.e. Wilson's Warbler, Cassin's Auklet, etc... Both Alexander Wilson and John Cassin will both have their names removed from a number of species. A comment was made that the 15th century explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who's name is the source for the term "America," would be the biggest loser of all, since dozens of birds have "American" in their name. That said, I have seen no suggestions that the term "American" is included in this proposal, so I assumed this comment was in jest.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 10:26<span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"> </span>AM Bill Mowat via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" onclick="" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think this thread from Wednesday originated from an article in the guardian about lost bird species, posted on Tuesday, 6/18.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s the link to the article: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/17/birders-126-lost-bird-species-aoe" target="_blank"> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/17/birders-126-lost-bird-species-aoe</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The article is about how there are several bird species (126?) that are not listed as extinct and yet have not been definitively observed for at least ten years.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t understand the Amerigo Vespucci reference.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best – Bill</p>
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