“My name is Nebraska Rooster. These are my colleagues, “The Gray Squirrel, Deloris Squirrel, and Mr. Rabbit.” Each gave a little wave as their name was called out. “We need your help.” “Well, I’ll be!” exclaimed Alise, “these are for real talking animals!” “This is ...
A student of about eight years is marched in front of me and it takes me a moment to register the gash on the left side of his bald head that’s actively leaking blood in a trickle down his cheek and off his chin into the sand. I squint at him and at the boy who has evidently ...
Only the adult male has an iridescent ruby red gorget (throat) with small black chin and blackish, forked tail. Adult female and juve- nile have a whitish throat, rarely with a few red spots, and a tail with large white tips. Similar species: None in the East. Any hummer that shows...