[obol] "Oregon" birds

[Lars and Gail Norgren]

      The latinate trinomial for Oregon
Jay is P. c. obscurus. I know I am running
the risk of sounding totally pedantic, but
I am inordinately fond of this (sub)species
and that technical name sounds so appropriate
for what may be the most often missed species
on western Oregon CBCs.
     My wife has never been on a Christmas Count
but has devised an elegant way of guaranteeing
its detection on Count day. Set up a suet feeder
in appropriate habitat, presumably a tract of
forest without houses. Once regular use is established
install a video camera.  Lars Norgren
On Jan 8, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Dave Mellinger wrote:

> There are no species named after Oregon, but what about subspecies, 
> races, etc.?  The ones I know about now are
>
>     Oregon Junco                Junco hyemalis oreganus
>     Oregon Vesper Sparrow       Pooecetes gramineus affinis
>     Oregon (Gray) Jay           Perisoreus canadensis griseus (?)
>
> Any others?
>
> Dave
> David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:12:09 -0800
>> From: Lars and Gail Norgren <gnorgren at earthlink.net>
>>
>> Well there goes some of my ammunition
>> for splitting the Gray Jays. "Oregon Jay"
>> was a full species once. I'm not much of
>> a splitter, but since Juncos were lumped
>> there is no SPECIES of bird in the world
>> named after Oregon. Lars Norgren
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