{"id":31114,"date":"2023-12-27T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/?p=31114"},"modified":"2025-11-27T22:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:26:28","slug":"did-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/did-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31114\" class=\"elementor elementor-31114\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-666f733 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"666f733\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e1119a\" data-id=\"1e1119a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1477420 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1477420\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Did You Know?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb196d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb196d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e47c8d\" data-id=\"3e47c8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6395bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6395bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The American Ornithological Society has committed to changing the English-language names of all birds in North America named after people, along with names deemed offensive or exclusionary. Beginning in 2024, a select AOS committee will rename 70-80 birds species in Canada and the U.S. that have human names: thus new names will be sought for such birds as Barrow\u2019s goldeneye, Sprague\u2019s pipit, Wilson\u2019s snipe, and Cooper\u2019s hawk.<\/p><p>The process has already begun with some species: for example, in 2020 the name of the McCown\u2019s longspur was changed to the Thick-billed longspur, because its original name referred to General John McCown, an officer in the American Confederate army.<\/p><p>\u201cAs scientists, we work to eliminate bias,\u201d says AOS executive director and CEO Judith Scarl. \u201cExclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1880s, clouded by racism and bigotry, don\u2019t work for us today.\u201d<\/p><p>The AOS\u2019s ultimate goal is to make birding more attractive to those who might be put off by bird names that evoke unpleasant historical associations. North America has lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970. If more people become involved with birding, the AOS hopes more efforts will be made to preserve and protect species and reverse declining bird populations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c2afd7\" data-id=\"7c2afd7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71026e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71026e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Wilsons Snipe\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxNzIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9waWJvLmNhXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvd2lsc29ucy1zbmlwZS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29172\" alt=\"Wilsons Snipe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/wilsons-snipe-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Wilson\u2019s snipe is one of 80 birds named after humans that the AOS will be changing.<br \/><em>Photo by Richard Cooper<\/em><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Ornithological Society has committed to changing the English-language names of all birds in North America named after people, along with names deemed offensive or exclusionary. 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