10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2011
In the right season, with a little luck, we often find it, and sometimes it perches high and long enough that we can admire its scimitar of a bill, its stern face pattern, and even the patch of rusty red on the undertail that gives the species its English and its scientific names. Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2011
About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads. Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? at Princeton University in 1990.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2018
For example, the Profile Page (mine is below) displayed state-level checklist information as a map with darker shades indicating more species observed and lighter shades indicating fewer. But I had spent years in Ann Arbor attending law school at the University of Michigan, albeit before I started birding. Those differences matter.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2022
The Latin species name of the Kalij Pheasant is leucomelanos , meaning “white” (leukos) and “black” (melanos, both Greek words). As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 29, 2006
Never mind that the bulk of the fat in Starbucks's beverages comes from the milk -- yes, milk ! -- of another species. As the Newsweek story indicates, 38 states have passed laws giving women the right to breastfeed in any public or private place she’d otherwise be allowed to be. Never mind all that.
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