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 ...

Ever wanted to buy one partridge in a pear tree or seven swans-a-swimming for your true love? It would cost you more than $46,000 to buy all of the “12 Days of Christmas” gifts this year. The 40th ...

As I have noted before, the most ecologically relevant song of Christmas season is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," the one that starts off with a partridge in a pear tree as the first of many gifts.

Have you ever wondered, while singing The Twelve Days of Christmas, what a partridge in a pear tree looks like? This year, I decided to find out. We have two species of partridge in the UK – the ...