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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Black Headed Gull
I think the guys who named this bird needed a color wheel. These birds mostly do not have black heads. They mostly have brown or even reddish heads. But apparently, the name stuck, despite being totally inaccurate. Science. Go figure.
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For 2010, I'm drawing a bird a day. Friends have urged me to put them on-line in a blog, so here goes.
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