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Therefore he was.(Descartes)(Book review)
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September 1, 2006|
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Descartes, by A.C. Grayling; Free Press, 2005, $39.95.
DESCARTES LED A QUIET, scholarly life, but there are some things which seem out of character. For example, though he was always a devout Catholic, he joined the army of Prince Maurice of Nassau, which was a Protestant army. Moreover, he went, by a curiously circuitous route, to witness the battle of White Mountain in Bohemia, which began the Thirty Years War. And, though a great letter writer (there are eight volumes of correspondence) he was secretive about his address.
A.C. Grayling puts forward the ...
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LIFELESS KINGLET TEACHES LESSON LIFE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...grounds. I've watched kinglets for years and read...thing to read that a kinglet is 3 1/4 to 4 inches...female ruby-crowned kinglet has no cap. There...the ruby-crowned kinglet's cap. Kinglets prefer to nest in pine...
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Overnighting of Golden-crowned Kinglets during winter.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin
; ...one Golden-crowned Kinglet (R. satrapa) in the...present observations, kinglets routinely travel in...heard and then saw three kinglets in the same area, and...occasionally hearing a kinglet but being unable to...60 min before the kinglets arrived. I watched...
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THE WILD SIDE: Distinctive-voiced kinglets arrive with early snowfall
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail
; ...a golden-crowned kinglet - "zee, zee, zee." Kinglets are often heard before...they are, though, kinglets seem to move constantly...limb. Seldom does a kinglet perch quietly to allow...make identifying kinglets manageable. Because...
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THE WILD SIDE: ; Tiny kinglets unfamiliar to many, but habits give them away
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail
; ...of a golden-crowned kinglet - "zee, zee, zee." Like many birds, kinglets are often heard before...they are, though, kinglets seem to move constantly...limb. Seldom does a kinglet perch quietly to allow...markings, make identifying kinglets manageable. Because...
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THE NATURALIST: Couple of cuties; Pair of kinglets drop by the neighborhood
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register
; ...the wee ruby-crowned kinglet feeding at the suet...comparison. Ruby-crowned kinglets, one of our smallest...Both male and female kinglets work on their rounded...Egg-laying is a kinglet specialty. Mom lays...with brown spots. Baby kinglets don't waste any time...
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Differences in migratory timing and energetic condition among sex/age classes in migrant ruby-crowned kinglets.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin
; ...patterns in Ruby-crowned Kinglets in eastern North America...Ornithologists' Union 1991). Kinglets were captured using mist nets...Neotropical migrants, not kinglets specifically, so the distribution...capture effort did not cover the kinglet migration evenly. However...
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Winter food of a small insectivorous bird, the Golden-crowned Kinglet.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin
; ...suet and seeds) when available. Kinglets are unable to access insects hidden...In the summer the Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) subsists on a...the population of Golden-crowned Kinglets (R. satrapa) are year-round...
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Female-biased sex ratio in a wintering population of Ruby-crowned Kinglets.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin
; ...Gauthreaux (1991). Ruby-crowned Kinglets (Regulus calendula) are another species...1994). Large numbers of Ruby-crowned Kinglets winter within the Point Reyes National...more common in the forest (e.g., kinglets, warblers, and chickadees) are smaller...
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Evangelizing kinglet style is simple: it is the sweet, big announcing of the reasons for hope within us.(for the journey)
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record
; ...what we always call it now--is really the ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula). I had heard it many times before but...a big bird, one at least the size of a robin. The little kinglet is so small I never associated its big sweet song with a tiny...
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THE WILD SIDE: Fall delights include waxwings, kinglets, chipmunks
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail
; ...Waxwings are just one of several fall treats I enjoy each year. Kinglets, more often heard than seen, also animate the treetops...fleshy caterpillars. Golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets are two of the tiniest songbirds in North America. Both species...
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