They are renaming birds whose name can be linked to the confederacy. Because when I see a Hammond Fly catcher I am constantly reminded about:
Hammond’s flycatcher
Named after former U.S. Surgeon General William Alexander Hammond, who held deeply racist views about Black people and Native Americans.
I really take offense to “bald eagle” (🦅), and prefer follically challenged. Hey, the past was bad (slavery, Indian treatment, and on and on), but where does this end? It’s a freakin’ bird - no one knows what it is and no one cares what the name is. Read for yourself and enjoy.
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