Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog. Irish Proverb quote credit + large image Horned Lark/ Shore Lark The Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris), called the Horned Lark in North America, breeds across much of North America, northernmost Europe and Asia and in the mountains of…
If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile. A Mark Twain quote credit + large image Bewick’s Swan Bewick’s Swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small Holarctic swan. The two taxa within it are usually…
One tree won’t hold two robins. A Latin Proverb credit + large image Clay-colored Robin (Formerly Clay-colored Robin) The Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro.…
A wild goose never reared a tame gosling. An Irish Proverb quote credit + large image The Tundra Swan The Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small Holarctic swan. The two taxa within it are usually regarded as conspecific, but are also sometimes split into two species, Cygnus bewickii (Bewick’s…
We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops… and force migratory birds to stay where they are. A Vladimir Zhirinovsky Quotation The Limpkin The Limpkin (also called “carrao”, “courlan”, “crying bird”), Aramus guarauna, is a bird that…
Early in life, I was visited by the bluebird of anxiety Quotation by Woody Allen credit + large image The Mountain Bluebird This bird, the Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) is a medium-sized bird weighing about an ounce, The Mountain Bluebird is migratory. Their range varies from Mexico in the winter…
I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know. Quotation by Wallace Stevens credit + large image The Tricolored Blackbird The Tricolored or Tricoloured Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor, is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae. The Tricolored Blackbird…
Like the hummingbird sipping nectar from every flower, I fly joyfully through my days, seeing beauty in everything. Quotation by Amethyst Wyldfyre credit + large image Black-chinned Hummingbird The Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a small hummingbird. Their breeding habitat is open semi-arid areas near water in the western United…
