A Scott Hilburn cartoon from 4/24/18: (#1) As they are called, so shall they serve. So says the law. (Hat tip to Joelle Stepien Bailard.) The immensely sad story of the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is told on this blog in a 9/5/14 posting  “In memoriam Martha Pigeon”, with this note from the Wikipedia article: The common name “passenger … Continue reading Nomenclature as destiny