Tag Archives: Audubon

How ignoring Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) set modern ornithology back a hundred years

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Stephen Carr Hampton

This is a re-post from my other blog, The Cottonwood Post, which is focused on birds, birding, and environmental issues. Here I review a new book about the history of American ornithology — and all the stuff the early colonizers … Continue reading →

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Decolonizing bird names: Effort reveals fault lines among birders

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A revolution is about to sweep the world of birders and ornithologists. After decades of intransigence, the most prominent organizations and authors – including prominent field guide authors David Sibley and Kenn Kaufmann – are endorsing “bird names for birds”, … Continue reading →

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Yurok set to restore condors in California

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A great example (and there are many) of a tribe restoring our natural world. California Condors Could Soon Soar Above the Redwoods Again Thanks to One Local Tribe For more than a decade the Yurok Tribe has been pushing to … Continue reading →

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