Towards a Quaker taxonomy
Kevin Redpath offers a tongue-in-cheek guide
After many years of observing Quakers in their natural habitat, I offer our visitors and new attenders a taxonomy to help them identify the various species.
Quaker blackbird (Turdus merula)
Forever cheerful, attends Business Meetings regularly, upholds Area Meetings, faithful Yearly Meeting attender, the lifeblood of every Local Meeting. Its bright yellow beak can be spotted in abundance on central committees. Can be quite raucous before Meeting, but this is merely a sign of its happiness in being reunited with its fellow blackbirds at the end of a long week.
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