The compelled mother loves her child…

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…

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Time sometimes flies like a bird, …

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…

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He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird…

Yellow-billed Loon

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…

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You know, it’s just one small step

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…

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