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Birds of a feather flock together. That’s why woke birding enthusiasts are considering relabeling hundreds of feathered creatures sporting names eponymous with long-dead historical figures tied to slavery and white
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Some 150 birds named for people tied to slavery and white supremacy could eventually
get new monikers as part of an ongoing reckoning with racism within the world of birding. That includes Jameson’s firefinch, named for a British naturalist who bought a young girl while in Africa “as a joke” and then drew pictures of her being brutally killed. In a new story this week,
Washington Post reporter Darryl Fears breaks down the horrific history of ornithology that has managed to be scrubbed clean in many history books.