Official Club Bird?
It has seemed, to me, from time to time, that The Corduroy Appreciation Club should have more officials. Things like an official club amphibian, an official tree and flower, just the way states do. We already have our official symbol, which also serves as our official marine mammal, and we have an official slogan and official motto and we have our official ties too. And seems we should have an official hat, blazer and pant too, but that’s another story. Well, it seems that The Nantucket Independent Online may have tipped us off on a good choice for official bird. The Pectoral Sandpiper. In this column, which appears to be written by, perhaps, the official birder of Nantucket, it is mentioned that the great ornithologist and bird illustrator, Roger Tory Peterson described the area around the birds throat as a “Corduroy bib.” It certainly does resemble Corduroy and gives the stilty looking creature a certain stately air with that Corduroy bib. Good show, indeed!
But what do you think? Does the Pectoral Sandpiper have what it takes to be the official CAC bird? Will the mighty Pectoral Sandpiper lift us up on its wings and soar with us? Carry us? Inspire us? Or should we consider other avian beasts? Is there a bird that wears more than just a Corduroy bib? Something with a bit more coverage, maybe? Benjamin Franklin, a Corduroy wearer himself, lobbied for the Wild Turkey over the Bald Eagle to be the official bird of the United States of America, so in his spirit, let us discuss.
Does the CAC need a menageria of representation? Sure we look for the corduroy in our daily traipse but if we start adding all kinds of animals it might confuse and lessen the significance of the Whale…..hail the wale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!