i really, really wanted the ridgeway family to know about this bird. So at nine p m. i started to gently stalk anyone with the last named ridgeway from glendale, california. And i sent a few facebook messages and friend requests saying, hey, i don't know if you're related to these ornithologists,. But i have some information about a bird that was named after them. John ridgeway lived in glendale. He described im the first rails out here. Did you hear from his family at all? I haven't. Do they know? Maybe. Shoot him between.
Birds! Horned screamers! Winged pirates! Professional bird-person and all around cool dude James Maley joins Alie to talk about bird mating, monogamy, the cult of ornithology, absurd birds, parrots that are smarter than your friends' kids, a surprising fact about owl ears and history's most tragically zealous bird nerds. If you love birds, you'll be at home. If a bird did you dirty, you'll open your heart and learn to love again.
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