The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement. A Germaine Greer quotation credit + large image Gilded Flicker The Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large-sized woodpecker of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert…
If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be cleaver enough to be crows. A Rev. Henry Ward Beecher quotation credit + large image The Pied Crow The Pied Crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus. The Pied Crow…
Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly. An Ivan Turgenev quotation large image Red-necked Grebe The Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena, is a migratory aquatic bird that is found in…
He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast. A Herbert Gold quotation credit + large image Yellow-billed Loon The Yellow-billed Loon or White-billed Diver, (Gavia adamsii), is the largest member of the loon or diver family of birds. This species occasionally wanders south of…
You know, it’s just one small step from legacy to lame duck. A Bill Clinton quote (42nd U.S. President) large image Mandarin Duck The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. Mandarin Ducks, which are referred to…
The perils of duck hunting are great- especially for the duck. A Walter Cronkite Quotation credit + large image Gadwall (duck) The Gadwall (Anas strepera) is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae. Its conservation status is Least Concern. The Gadwall breeds in the northern areas of Europe…
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. A Michael Caine quotation credit + large image Black Duck The American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) is a large dabbling duck. The behaviour and voice are the same as for Mallard Drake. Breeding: Their…
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in A Confucius quotation credit + large image Mallard (duck) The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck. The Mallard breeds throughout the temperate…
