biota Many of us became acquainted with this term thanks to the pandemic. “Biota” is the animal and plant life found in a particular region or habitat. If you stayed at home, as told, you would know your biota all too well.
My sister would say this is precisely when the rose-breasted grosbeak chomped down on her during a bird-banding demonstration at the local nature centre when she was eight. Instead, the “bird’smouth joint” (or “bird’s-beak cut” or “bird’s-beak joint”) is a small triangular-shaped cut at the base of a roofing joist. The cleverly named cut allows the joist to sit snugly on
