The Morepork (and Four Other Ridiculous Birds Named After Sounds)

Recently, while leading a birdwatching tour, I casually mentioned to my tour group that I was a fan of birds with one-word names. We had reached a point in the tour where we were becoming familiar and comfortable with one another (and we’d been talking about Dovekie for some reason), so I thought nothing of…Continue readingThe Morepork (and Four Other Ridiculous Birds Named After Sounds)