Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog? A John Lewis quotation This quote is dedicated to a cute little dog we’ll call Chester. Click here for Chester Black-necked Stilt The flight of the bird is steady and direct, but not particularly swift; the bill is held straight out…
Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers. A Yevgeny Yevtushenko quotation American Oystercatcher This bird (Haematopus palliatus), occasionally called the American Pied …, is a member of family Haematopodidae. The bird is uniquely marked by its black and white body and a long, thick orange beak. This shorebird…
The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. A Victor Hugo quotation Hermit Thrush All the western subspecies of this bird have the sides and flanks grayish or olivaceous. The bill is relatively smaller or more slender, the tail relatively longer, and the feet…
Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. A Paul Eldridge quotation Grey-cheeked Thrush Range: Northeastern Asia and North America, to northwestern South America. Winter: The gray-cheeked thrush spends the winter in northern South America, mainly in Venezuela and Colombia, but also in Ecuador, British Guiana,…
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm A Franklin D. Roosevelt quotation Prairie Falcon The Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) is a medium-sized falcon of western North America. It is about the size of…
It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox’s sermon A John Lyly quotation Identification: • Length: 19 inches Wingspan: 58-59 inches • Sexes similar • Medium-sized long-necked goose • Different color morphs • Frequently gathers in huge flocks • Sometimes hybridizes with similar Ross’s Goose The food of…
A fox should not be on the jury at a goose’s trial A Thomas Fuller quotation The greater snow goose (nivalis) occupies a limited breeding range in northern Greenland and adjacent lands and a narrow winter range on the Atlantic coast, the lesser snow goose (hyperborea) is a…
A forest bird never wants a cage A Henrik Ibsen quotation This bird (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a medium-sized bird about 8 inches long with an average weight of 85 g. The adult has a black head, back, wings and tail, white forehead, throat, belly and rump. The eyes are white.…
