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Baja California is the only state to use the U.S. DST schedule state-wide, while the rest of Mexico (except for small portions of other northern states) observes standard time year-round. [6] ^ b. The state's GDP was 294.8 billion pesos in 2008, [7] an amount corresponding to 23.03 billion United States dollars , with US$1 valued at 12.80 pesos ...
"A Hermit Thrush" is the name of a poem by the American poet Amy Clampitt. A hermit thrush appears in the fifth section ("What the Thunder Said") of the T. S. Eliot poem The Waste Land. Former Canadian indie-rock band Thrush Hermit took their name from a reversal of the bird's name.
State Bird Provisions' signature dish, fried quail with lemon and onions. In 2012, Brioza and Krasinski opened their own restaurant, State Bird Provisions, in the Fillmore District of San Francisco. The name of the restaurant was inspired by a crispy spiced quail that was on their menu at Rubicon (the California quail is the state bird of ...
Psaltriparus minimus. ( Townsend, 1837) The American bushtit or simply bushtit ( Psaltriparus minimus) is a social songbird belonging to the genus Psaltriparus. It is one of the smallest passerines in North America and it is the only species in the family Aegithalidae that is found in United States; the other seven species are found in Eurasia.
The American robin ( Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin [2] because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family.
Apart from India's national emblem, each of its states and union territories have their own seals and symbols which include animals, birds, trees, flowers, etc. A list of state birds of India is given below. See Symbols of Indian states and territories for a complete list of all state characters and seals.
Rose Elizabeth Bird (November 2, 1936 – December 4, 1999) was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She was the first female law clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County, the first woman to serve in the California State Cabinet, and the first female Chief Justice of California.
The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis.It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California, and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.