and Leonard C. Sanford, a deep-pocketed New Haven surgeon with an ornithology habit. Chapman arrived at the museum as a volunteer in 1887 and didn’t retire until 1942, at age 78. He more or less acquired Sanford along the way: in 1912, Chapman convinced him ...
the unsatisfactory reports from before Syracuse, by a work conceived in a lighter vein than usual and mainly unconnected with contemporary realities. The play was produced in the year 414 B.C., just when success or failure in Sicily hung in the balance, though already the outlook was gloomy,...
Chris:A twitch in England is what we would call a check mark. Margaret:Check mark, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So my yard list, if I were to fall that person’s example and have a yard list, maybe I see 70-something species of birds in my yard. ...
“Talking to birds, eh?” Overton twitches a cigarette between his fingers. “A country affectation?” “Yes and no, sir.” She squelches her annoyance. “A family affectation. My mother was fond of birds. We nursed a few fledglings during my childhood. I find myself… appreciating birds...
over a number of gardens and wait until it flew up into a tree or a telegraph pole. Many birders ignored lockdown restrictions to twitch it but we remained ‘legal’ and waited until they were eased. This is only the third Northern Mockingbird record in the UK and the first twitchable ...
Its head twitches jerkily from side to side as its fiery orange eyes scan the pavement below for a dropped crumb. But suddenly a car door slams shut, and the echoing thud panics the bird into action, lunging into the air with frantic clapping wings, a rapid ascent and then a swoop ...
Well it's the eve of the big iTunes holiday freeze and it looks like plenty of developers were able to sneak their games in for release before we all take a well-deserved break.
Take a look as the Atlanta Falcons put in the work in Flowery Branch for week one of the 2023 regular season, presented by Fast Twitch. 1 / 27 Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman Calais Campbell #93 during practice at Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Ga. on Thursd...