Episode 159 – Avian Syntax

I seem to have birds on my mind lately, even though I referred to them twice as a species instead of a class in this podcast. I could try to fudge my way out of it saying that avian taxonomy (i.e., naming) is in a state of flux. But the truth is that for and the most part, that’s more genus and species stuff with a some bickering regarding who’s a bird and who isn’t. Or I could blame it on the little bird—seriously!—who fluttered at the window while I was recording this. But I won’t. There was just a misconnect between what I knew and what I said.