tags: Clark's Grebe, Aechmorphus clarkii, Image of the Day
Due to a weekend of scientific congress and drunken debauchery [Editor's Note: scientists don't drink!!] with my SciBlings here in NYC, I was unable to complete this week's issue of Birds in the News. I did try, but the spirit is willing while the flesh is weak, especially when pickled in 180 proof bourbon.
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scientists don't drink!!
It's true...we imbibe instead.