This is Bert Nord. What's in a name? That of which we call a rose by any other name would smell a sweet.

That's from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, referring to Romeo's family name, not mattering to Juliet,

only her love and desire for him. And sure, names are conventions, right? But some names contain something special.

A bird. For example, the name Paloma comes from the colloquial name in Spanish for the common pigeon.

But as a human name, it often refers to doves. Or take Garso, my last name. It's derived from Garza, or Heron, in Spanish.

Another example is the last name Sokolov. Like the one from the Russian Canadian author Sasha Sokolov. It's derived from Sokol, or Falcon, in Russian.

Another name that you might recognize, Drake, is not only the name of the Canadian rapper from Toronto,

it's also the term for an adult male duck. In the US, Tori could be short for Victoria. But in Japanese, it means bird.

And then there's bird-inspired nicknames. Saxophone is Charlie Parker, the American jazz legend, was also known as Yard Bird or Bird.

Some of his song titles reference the nickname, like the Yard Bird Suite, Bird Guets the Warm, Bird of Paradise, and Ornithology.

Names are important, and some of them carry a special legacy, that of a bird.

The show is also available in Spanish. Visit our website, birdno.org, to learn more. I'm Camilo Heron. Sorry, I'm Camilo Garso.