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Featured article: February 24, 2006

The flag of Mexico is a tricolor of green, white and red with the coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence. The current flag was adopted in 1968, but the overall design has been used since 1821. The current law of national symbols that governs the use of the national flag has been in place since 1984. Throughout history, the flag has changed eight times, as the design of the coat of arms and the length-width ratios of the flag have been modified. However, the coat of arms has had the same features throughout: an eagle, holding a serpent in its talon, is perched on top of a cactus; the cactus is situated on a rock that rises above a lake. The current national flag, the "Fourth National Flag", is also used as the Mexican naval ensign by ships registered in Mexico. (more...)

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An adaptation of the Skye Boat Song for bagpipes played by the Clan Stewart Pipe Band. (file info)

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A wide-angle view of Horseshoe Bend, a horseshoe-shaped meander in the Colorado River, from U.S. Route 89. It is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Page, Arizona, slightly downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell.

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The California Quail is the official state bird of California. This list of California birds is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Birds Records Committee (CBRC). There are, as of 2009, 641 species on this list. Fifteen of these species are introduced (I)–species that are non-native to California but now have established populations. Two of these species are extirpated (E)–species that are native to California but no longer have established populations there (they still do in other places). Birds marked with an asterisk () are currently under review by the CBRC. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis* * Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons Taiga Bean Goose, Anser middendorffii Emperor Goose, Chen canagica * Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens See full list...

Featured list: List of California birds

The California Quail is the official state bird of California.

This list of California birds is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Birds Records Committee (CBRC).

There are, as of 2009, 641 species on this list. Fifteen of these species are introduced (I)–species that are non-native to California but now have established populations. Two of these species are extirpated (E)–species that are native to California but no longer have established populations there (they still do in other places). Birds marked with an asterisk (*) are currently under review by the CBRC.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis *
Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
Taiga Bean Goose, Anser middendorffii
Emperor Goose, Chen canagica *
Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
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