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The speculum is a patch, often distinctly coloured, on the secondary wing feathers, or remiges, of some birds. Examples of the colour(s) of the speculum in a number of ducks are: Common teal and green-winged teal: Iridescent green edged with buff. [1] Blue-winged teal: Iridescent green. [2] The species' common name comes from the sky-blue wing ...
Blue-winged teal drake in flight at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. The blue-winged teal is 40 cm (16 in) long, with a wingspan of 58 cm (23 in), and a weight of 370 g (13 oz). [9] The adult male has a greyish blue head with a white facial crescent, a light brown body with a white patch near the rear and a black tail.
As George Hepplewhite wrote in the 18th century, the interpretation and execution of the decoys, "blend the useful with the agreeable." [2] In particular, two of Crowell's decoys have repeatedly set world records for sales. Crowell's preening pintail drake and Canada goose decoys share the world record at $1.13 million dollars. Their private ...
William Jesse Ramey (January 28, 1891 – May 26, 1963) [1] was an American vintage master carver of fish decoys. [2] His work is sometimes attributed to "Jess Ramey", though he was known to his friends as Jesse (his actual middle name). His work, along with Oscar W. Peterson's, formed the basis of what is now considered the "Cadillac style". [2]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s ...
U.S. consumers who were “tricked” into purchases they didn't want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. Back in ...
A creature was stirring on Christmas night for one Australian family: a venomous tiger snake. In a video posted to Facebook by The Snake Hunter — which describes itself as a 24/7 emergency snake ...
The decoys were carved out of available materials including ship masts and telephone poles. [3] By the early 1900s people had begun collecting decoys for decorative purposes and Hudson was one of the first carvers to add details such as feet and wings to his carvings in response. [4] Hudson has been called a "legendary name" in decoy carving. [5]