A rant: Streets with avian names that are barren of birds
In an excerpt from the book Flight Calls, author John Nelson reflects on the practice of naming streets or entire developments after birds.
John R. Nelson
John R. Nelson is a professor emeritus at North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts. He is the author of Flight Calls: Exploring Massachusetts through Birds (University of Massachusetts Press, 2019), a director of the Brookline Bird Club, the Essex County Ornithological Club, and the New England journal Bird Observer. His publications include “Funny Bird Sex,” which received a 2018 Pushcart Prize.
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128. Rockport Headlands, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
In late fall and winter, look for Harlequin Duck, King Eider, Pacific Loon, Northern Gannet, and other seabirds at the northern tip of the Cape Ann peninsula, 50 miles northeast of Boston.