Thursday, April 16, 2009

Mark Catesby


pied billed dopchick


lark


flying squirrel


flying squirrel with persimmon

From The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands: Containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants, 1731-43. See more here and here.

My favorite is the pied-billed grebe - also known as the dabchick, devil diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, and the water witch, among others - and formerly known as the dopchick.

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