Ruddy turnstone Ruddy turnstone The ruddy turnstone ("Arenaria interpres") is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus "Arenaria". The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name "arenaria" derives from "arenarius", "inhabiting sand, from "arena", "sand". The specific "interpres" means "messenger"; when visiting Gotland in 1741, Linnaeus thought that the Swedish word "Tolk" "interpreter" applied to this species, but in the local dialect the word means "legs" and is used for the redshank. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae. It is a highly
Turnstone Flats Turnstone Flats Turnstone Flats is a property located on the southeast corner of Third and Jackson in Moscow, Idaho. The building that stands on the corner was built as a headquarters for a religion, called Psychiana. This building was largely used to produce and mail the lessons of Psychiana all over the world. During the twenty-five years that this religion flourished, it was the seventh largest religion in the world. The majority of the religious lessons were written and mailed off from this site. 129 West Third Street consists of two lots on the third block of the western portion