A birding buddy of mine in the San Francisco Bay area posted a photo of a phainopepla. After some searching for how to pronounce that name, I found this page from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/birdname.htm

The links on the bottom of this page lead to some interesting writings including a short published article from 1986 on common nighthawks rain bathing. (The link gives me problems. But, I have opened the PDF version successfully. It may be an old web page.)

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/McGowan%20and%20Woolfenden%201986%20aerial%20rain%20bathing%20Wilson%20Bull.pdf


The same birding buddy shared this article from out West. Maybe we need more quails here in Ohio.

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/town-s-secret-weapon-against-ticks-lyme-disease-3-dozen-quail-1.13665860?utm_content=buffer3aeb9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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