What's In A Name?

[kavanaru]

ok, I had explained my name in another thread long ago (don't remember which!), but here I go again...

Birdwatching is another of my hobbies, and I grew up in Venezuela (great place for Birdwatching ) One of my favorite birds is the Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) and I used to work with the Pemon people, who live in the Canaima N.P. in South Venezuela... Kavanaru is the name they give to this bird, and the name some of my Pemon friends use to give tome, because everytime we were in the jungle I was just fascinated everytime we could see one of them (especially a male one )

http://www.fieldguides.com/_birdpix/...RockDS1_sm.jpg
http://www.fieldguides.com/_birdpix/...eRockBW_sm.jpg
http://www.ecologia.info/w02-23-060%...the%20Rock.jpg

finding a lek of dancing males, was almost an orgasmic experience
http://www.ecologinfo.com/t01-3-007_...-the-Rock1.jpg

females are less atractive in this especies (as it is the case in most birds). Funny, I could not find a picture of a female Kavanaru, but of the sister especies, the Andean Cock-of-the-rock
blue-eyed beauty on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Cock of the Rock, Female on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Female Cock of the Rock on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

finding a lek of dancing males, was almost an orgasmic experience
http://www.ecologinfo.com/t01-3-007_...-the-Rock1.jpg

Ramon, you must've been using Herbal Essence Shampoo.

BikerDoc, I never knew you were an ER MD. No wonder you need all those orchids to keep you sane.

Like some of the orchids I grow, I have several names in several different languages. Tracy is my English name. Linh is my Vietnamese name or the Vietnamese translation of my Chinese name. Ling is my Chinese name, which translated, means "spirit". Yep, confusing.

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by LinhT

Ramon, you must've been using Herbal Essence Shampoo.
...

right, I had almost forgotten those TV comercials....