So he bought a bunch of old stamps (planes and cars). He didn’t like the Navajo Jewelry either, so he bought a bunch of American Kestrels to go with them.

Actual Fact: John Paul II’s favorite ice cream flavor was marron glacé (candied chestnut).

3 responses to “Berck didn’t like any of the new stamps”

  1. poprobert Avatar
    poprobert

    nana on poprobert’s computer…….

    from
    http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i3600id.html

    American kestrel
    Falco sparverius

    Identification Tips:
    Length: 8.5 inches Wingspan: 21 inches
    Short, dark, hooked beak
    Small, long-tailed hawk
    Long, narrow, pointed wings
    Gray crown
    White cheeks
    Two black mustache marks
    Black spot at rear of crown on both sides
    Seen from below, flight feathers are pale with dark barring
    Juveniles and immature females like adult female
    Adult male:

    Rust patch on crown
    Rust nape, breast, back and tail
    Rust tail has a broad black subterminal band and a narrow white terminal band
    Pale belly
    Blue-gray wing coverts
    Dark flight feathers with pale subterminal spots creating a “string of pearls”
    Black spots on scapulars, wing coverts and flanks
    Adult female:

    Pale buff breast streaked with brown
    Rust-brown nape, back and wing coverts
    Back and wing coverts barred heavily with black
    Rust-brown tail with numerous dark bars of even width and a narrow white terminal band
    Immature male:

    Barred rust-brown back barred heavily with black
    Streaked breast
    Similar species:
    Sharp-shinned Hawk is of similar size, but has rounded wings and much different patterning. Merlin is larger with broader-based wings, lacks rust tones to back and wing coverts, has a single mustache mark and strongly checkered underwings.

    Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.

  2. Syd Avatar
    Syd

    Is this post supposed to make sense?

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