The locals on Cape Cod refer to a newly arrived outsider as a wash-ashore. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Wash-Ashores” Not long ago, we had a conversation with Melinda, who had moved to the Chesapeake Bay area of...
anting n.— «The behavior you witnessed, Mona, is called “anting.” I know it seems like it should be called “mothballing,” but anting is much easier to say. Plus, more often than not, birds rub their feathers with...