Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird A Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird quotation Northern Mockingbird The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a…
Each bird must sing with his own throat. A Henrik Ibsen quotation Common Ground Dove The Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from Aruba, Bermuda, through the southmost United States, Mexico and the Caribbean, to South America, and is…
We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry. A John Webster quotation Little Auk The Little Auk, or Dovekie (Alle alle), is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. It breeds on islands in the high Arctic. This is the only Atlantic auk of its size,…
He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush. A Plutarch quotation (c. 46 – c. 120), Greek biographer, essayist, philosopher… The Laughing Gull species is easy to identify. The summer adult’s body is white apart from the dark grey back…
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last. A Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) quotation This species is migratory, and mostly winters on the southern Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico and the United States. Identification Tips: • Length: 15 inches • Large, very long-legged…
The little birds have God for their caterer. A Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) quotation also a Chilean proverb The Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula is a large bird in the Cracidae family. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas,…
A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing. A Robert Green Ingersoll quotation The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.[4] It finds its meals using its keen vision and sense of smell, flying low…
Republicans study the financial pages of the newspaper. Democrats put them in the bottom of the bird cage. A Will Stanton quotation The Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly also called Black-bellied Tree Duck, is a whistling-duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South America.…
