Bruce Bowman, of Bowman's Bird Stuff fame, has finally captured on film (as the old folks still call the process of taking a picture, digital or not) what was long suspected yet never proven, that the name "Sandhill Crane" can occasionally make sense:
Sandhill Cranes !
See, that's the proof that American Bird's names are always well chosen, easy to remember for the visiting birders!
ReplyDeleteWell, that makes perfect sense now.
ReplyDelete@Laurent:actually, when I wrote my "names in the names" post, I was CERTAIN Sandhill cranes were named after some Mr. or Mrs. Sandhill, like Sandwich Tern ;-)
ReplyDelete@John: exactly, exactly. Bruce was a happy man, and lucky too!