Friday, August 22, 2008

Twillick tangent: Nesting of the Greater Yellow-Legs in Newfoundland, an account from 1919

Nesting of the Greater Yellow-Legs in Newfoundland.
--On June 20, 1919, Mr. J. R. Whitaker and the writer had the satisfaction of discovering a female of this species ......

Read this account here.

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Greater Yellow-Legs are known in Newfoundland as Twillicks. Twillick is the word of the week here at REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Brought to you by Rattling Books.

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