tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post6075416694491215080..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: FLEUR FULCHER: Latest internship diaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-78921797834074905202009-07-25T15:53:22.154+01:002009-07-25T15:53:22.154+01:00I'd love to see an Eskimo curlew. There may be...I'd love to see an Eskimo curlew. There may be a few of them flying about, and every few years, there is a sighting.<br /><br />It's believed that Columbus knew he was approaching land when he saw great flocks of curlews and plovers (most likely Eskimo curlews and golden plovers) flying near his ship. It was those birds that first told him he was about to encounter land and thus helped Columbus encounter America.(He didn't "discover" it. There were already people here whose ancestors actually "discovered it" millenia before 1492.)<br /><br />Just to show how PC I am, I even have issues with calling them "Eskimo" curlews. The people known as Eskimos are the Yupik and Inuit, and some authorities include the Aleut people. The Inuit do not like to be called Eskimos.<br /><br />Some authorities call the Eskimo curlew the "Northern curlew," which fits more nicely with its scientific name(Numenius borealis) and is more politically correct.Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.com