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  1. Azul Buho @[email protected] ·

    'Tufted #ducks arriving at #StJamessPark 1936'
    #PeterMarkhamScott

    Thanks to this #picture I now know that flight feathers on #birds' wings are called 'remiges', from the latin for 'oarsmen'. The feathers on their tail are 'rectrices', from the latin for 'helmsman'.

    #art #nature #words #etymology

    #ducks #stjamesspark #petermarkhamscott #picture #birds #art
  2. Azul Buho @[email protected] ·

    'Tufted #ducks arriving at #StJamessPark 1936'
    #PeterMarkhamScott

    Thanks to this #picture I now know that flight feathers on #birds' wings are called 'remiges', from the latin for 'oarsmen'. The feathers on their tail are 'rectrices', from the latin for 'helmsman'.

    #art #nature #words #etymology

    #ducks #stjamesspark #petermarkhamscott #picture #birds #art
  3. Azul Buho @[email protected] ·

    'Tufted #ducks arriving at #StJamessPark 1936'
    #PeterMarkhamScott

    Thanks to this #picture I now know that flight feathers on #birds' wings are called 'remiges', from the latin for 'oarsmen'. The feathers on their tail are 'rectrices', from the latin for 'helmsman'.

    #art #nature #words #etymology

    #ducks #stjamesspark #petermarkhamscott #picture #birds #art
  4. Azul Buho @[email protected] ·

    'Tufted #ducks arriving at #StJamessPark 1936'
    #PeterMarkhamScott

    Thanks to this #picture I now know that flight feathers on #birds' wings are called 'remiges', from the latin for 'oarsmen'. The feathers on their tail are 'rectrices', from the latin for 'helmsman'.

    #art #nature #words #etymology

    #etymology #words #nature #art #birds #picture
  5. Azul Buho @[email protected] ·

    'Tufted #ducks arriving at #StJamessPark 1936'
    #PeterMarkhamScott

    Thanks to this #picture I now know that flight feathers on #birds' wings are called 'remiges', from the latin for 'oarsmen'. The feathers on their tail are 'rectrices', from the latin for 'helmsman'.

    #art #nature #words #etymology

    #ducks #stjamesspark #petermarkhamscott #picture #birds #art