Bea wrote: ↑April 28th, 2019, 2:13 am
I think I am beginning to understand why on many other nests/webcams birds get no names, but are only called with their ring-ID or as males/Dad and female/Mom or get unpersonal names like D1/D2/D3 and more like this ....
I completely agree, and wouldn't mind using the ID-rings or serial numbers at all. In a way, I would prefer it, because it would remove some of the inevitable humanization of the wild animals and if it wasn't for the rings, we'd never be able to tell most of the birds apart anyway.
I don't mean to be rude, but to me it's a bit funny how people always manage to make drama about the naming. There will never be a name that everybody likes, the names do not matter a bit to the birds themselves and if you're 100% set on calling this bird Ms Fudgebottom von Starlight-Crumpet on the forums, feel free to do so. Nothing's stopping you. The names are just id codes and someone will have to make the decision. I would be ok with the moderator choosing a name without voting at all, as thanks for a job that's certainly not very relaxing and for which you rarely get thanked.