Hi Tweeters,
I know we've got a lot of grammarians and spelling experts here - thanks in advance for your advice. When writing about a species, I have been assuming that it's not proper to capitalize the name in the course of a statement: for instance, "The great blue heron landed on top of my spruce" would be correct. Is this right? Or should it be written, "The Great Blue Heron landed..."?
And while we're at it, is "widgeon" *ever* the correct spelling? I don't think so, but I see it so frequently that I've begun to wonder!

Trileigh Tucker
Lincoln Park, West Seattle