Word of the Day: Ornithology

ornithology
or-ni-thol-o-gy / ôr-nə-thŏl-ə-jē
noun
1. the scientific study of birds
It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 – 1882