Dec. 11—Those long braids of dainty white flowers, the glossy heart-shaped leaves, the symmetrical, pyramidal appearance — we have grown to cherish our pear trees. They line our streets, wrap our cul ...

Partridges live in Eastern Washington, the nation’s No. 1 pear producer. Even so, you will probably never see a partridge in a pear tree. How could that be? After all, the repetitive first line of the ...

There’s a Christmas song titled "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that mentions a partridge in a pear tree. Did I find one in a Southeast Missouri fence row? The answer is no. Although there is a ...

That old English Christmas carol about 12 days of gifting holds certain intrigue for birders. After all, seven of the 12 gifts were birds. First published in England in 1780, “Twelve Days of Christmas ...

Partridges are ground-nesting seed-eaters and are typically found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Middle East. They also happen to be one of the tastiest birds to cook up for your holiday ...

YARDLEY BOROUGH – Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without the annual Twelve Days of Christmas displays that are strategically positioned on rooftops, yards and in front of residences on ...

Each year, PNC Financial Services tallies the real-world cost of all the gifts in “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” from the partridge to the pipers, to build a whimsical but surprisingly telling ...