Rants
Tough to Swallow
A little pedantry is good for the soul, so let me offer an observation on what has become an irksome thorn in my mind’s side: the misuse of the word “hirundine.”
More and more I find birders reluctant to say “swallows” or “swallows and martins,” reaching instead for the Latinate “hirundine.” To my mind, there’s no [...]


