Greetings all:
Interested in these past two messages regarding both Quetzal and Lesser
Roadrunner. Any ethno-ornithological information in the literature or pers.
comments on these two species is welcome. Our historic, pre forced captivity
(1875) Numunuh (Comanche) feather trade was well established south of the Rio
Grand. Recent study has revealed a Quetzal trim feather on an historic Numunuh
(Comanche) lance. Tail feathers of both Greater and Lesser Roadrunners have
specific importance to rituals still extant within the tribe. Best to all.
William TwoRaven Voelker
Director
Sia: The Comanche Nation
Ethno-Ornithological Initiative
siainc@...

---- Mark Bonta <markabonta@...> wrote:
> Relevant to Mesoamerican ethnoornithology, I have recently discovered that the
famous ancestor of maize, Zea mays parviglumis, is closely related in local
traditions to the Lesser Roadrunner and various other avifauna. If anyone is
interested in this, please let me know so I can send you the cits.
>
> Dr. Mark Bonta
> Associate Professor of Geography
> Division of Social Sciences
> Kethley 226, PO Box 3264
> Delta State University
> Cleveland, MS 38733
> Tel. 662.846.4096 [w]; 843.6205 [h]; Fax: 662.846.4099
> Alternate email: mbonta@...
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: bob gosford <bgosford@...>
> To: Ethnoornithology@...
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:15:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ethnoornithology]Mayan Ethnoornithology - contact for Rob
Cahill?
>
>
> Rob (and anyone else who might be able to answer this query),
>
> While you were in Guatemala did you happen to come across a researcher
> by the name of Rob Cahill?
>
> I am in Buenos Aires at the BirdLife International World Meeting (a
> report to come soon!) and was talking to Mark Cocker (of Birders,
> Birds Brittanica & Birds & People fame) and he recommended that I
> contact an American ornithologist who was, or had recently been,
> working on the Quetzal in Guatemala and was a good contact for Mayan
> knowledge on that bird...
>
> I have yet to look at your posting but will in the next few days,
>
> Cheers and thanks in advance to anyone who may have a contact for Rob Cahill,
>
> Bob Gosford
> ERSG moderator
>
> On 26/09/2008, FERGUS, Rob <rfergus@audubon. org> wrote:
> > Some notes from my recent research trip to Guatemala and Belize:
> >
> > http://birdchaser. blogspot. com/2008/ 09/2008-maya- bird-research-
trip.html
> >
> > Rob Fergus
> > National Audubon Society
> > Warminster, PA
> >
>
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> Robert Gosford
> ERSG Moderator
> http://uk.groups. yahoo.com/ group/Ethnoornit hology/
> Yuendumu, NT
> Australia
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