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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
This is a yellow something, all right. But I don't know what, exactly. The closest I can find is a Yellow-breasted chat, but that should have a white stripe on its face, which this doesn't. But I'm going to guess that's what I have here - in the early dawn by the edge of the pond, flicking from bush to tree and then gone.
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 1:27 PM, September 19, 2010
Anne Jacobs had this to say...
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At 2:55 PM, September 19, 2010
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 6:59 PM, September 19, 2010
Grant McCreary had this to say...
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At 9:10 PM, September 19, 2010
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->I can't quite see the eye ring or the bill but it looks like it might be a Nashville warbler. Pretty.
On Facebook someone suggested a yellow-throated warbler (and someone else said "warblers are hard!"), but it seems to lack the wingbars, etc, of that.
Nashville I had dismissed since the map in my guide makes it look like they're essentially Canadian, but the words (which I have just now looked at) say "breeds south to western Maryland". Well, I'm in central Maryland, but that doesn't seem unlikely.
Looks like a first year male Common Yellowthroat.
Grant, I think you're right - the legs look right and the age would explain the shading along the face. Cool - thanks!
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