King Kole 190121 -01
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys). Brush pile behind CNC, adjacent to Kelowna Rec Field, Kelowna, BC.
Well, he has a crown, and he is the boldest of all of his kin, so why not "King Kole"?
This two-part set shows how much camera angle affects our sense of the bird's giss*.
*A term I've only recently begun using. Apparently, "jizz" is etymylogically more correct, but for obvious reasons in this day and age, I thing giss is a word that birders need to embrace, even though it too has other meanings that I don't like in the Urban Dictionary . New words are created "all the time," and I use it to mean "general impression size/shape .**"
**From www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=360686 , and note that I disagree with the writers preference for jizz over giss: "Good to see an article in the latest edition of 'British Birds' (May 2018 Vol 111 p264-274) confirming that the birding term 'jizz' was first published by T A Coward in 1921 who heard it from an unidentified Irishman. They debunk the suggestion that it comes from the military term GIS/GISS - general impression and shape/general impression size and shape - which appears to be without foundation. Despite looking for references and asking relevant authorities they could [sic. not is apparently omitted accidentally here!] find evidence that this term was ever used. They also unearth the fact that "jizz" was used in Ireland as early as 1900 as meaning "spirit" or "liveliness" which seems telling to me and the extension as it applies to bird ID a reasonable one (although they're less enthusiastic).
King Kole 190121 -01
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys). Brush pile behind CNC, adjacent to Kelowna Rec Field, Kelowna, BC.
Well, he has a crown, and he is the boldest of all of his kin, so why not "King Kole"?
This two-part set shows how much camera angle affects our sense of the bird's giss*.
*A term I've only recently begun using. Apparently, "jizz" is etymylogically more correct, but for obvious reasons in this day and age, I thing giss is a word that birders need to embrace, even though it too has other meanings that I don't like in the Urban Dictionary . New words are created "all the time," and I use it to mean "general impression size/shape .**"
**From www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=360686 , and note that I disagree with the writers preference for jizz over giss: "Good to see an article in the latest edition of 'British Birds' (May 2018 Vol 111 p264-274) confirming that the birding term 'jizz' was first published by T A Coward in 1921 who heard it from an unidentified Irishman. They debunk the suggestion that it comes from the military term GIS/GISS - general impression and shape/general impression size and shape - which appears to be without foundation. Despite looking for references and asking relevant authorities they could [sic. not is apparently omitted accidentally here!] find evidence that this term was ever used. They also unearth the fact that "jizz" was used in Ireland as early as 1900 as meaning "spirit" or "liveliness" which seems telling to me and the extension as it applies to bird ID a reasonable one (although they're less enthusiastic).