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    The American Bald Eagle

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    I chose the American bald eagle because it is one of the fastest and strongest species of eagles. It is the national symbol. The Congress adopted it as the national symbol in 1782. I think it was adopted as the national bird of the United States because the Roman soldiers used the eagle as a symbol of courage and power. In the early 1800’s‚ Americans called the Bald Eagle‚ the American eagle. Here is some of the biology of the Bald Eagle. Bald Eagles do a very good job at their part in the

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    Duck

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    family of birds‚ which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral species) but a form taxon‚ since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds‚ mostly smaller than the swans and geese‚ and may be found in both fresh water and sea water. Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with

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    Golden Eagle Research Paper

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    35 to 45 days. The male will occasionally help her‚ but he does not make a habit of it. The male and female will take care of their young until they become independent. The golden eagle will eat rabbits‚ prairie dogs‚ marmots‚ ground squirrels‚ birds‚ reptiles and fish. They will occasionally prey on seals‚ coyotes and badgers. The adult golden eagle has a 7 foot wingspan.

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    Penguins..

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    penguins. Penguins don’t look like other birds but they are. They have sharp beaks just like toucans. Penguins have solid bones that allow it to dive into water‚ unlike most birds‚which have hollow bones to help them fly. They are covered in fur‚a penguin fleshy spikes on it’s tongue and inside it’s mouth to help it hold onto slippery food‚and penguins have smooth stream lined body which helps it to travel quickly through the water. So you see penguins are birds. It’s just that millions of years ago

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    ivory billed woodpecker

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    The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is the third largest bird on Earth. It has a 18-20 inch wingspan and if standing on the ground it is 30-31 inches tall. If you would see only an outline of the bird‚ you would mainly see an oval. It has feathers that are black‚ white‚ and red. The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker eat beetle larvae periodically throughout the day. The female woodpecker would produce about 2-5 eggs between the months of January and March. Both parents are responsible for giving their young food and

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    a cage of living breathing birds. The back seat is really only half a back seat because his Dad is filling so much of the car. I look at my date and look at the car. My date seems to have come to the same realization that there is really only one seat. I squeeze into the backseat while my date squeezes into the front seat with a bird

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    Dinosaurs‚ theropods especially‚ fit in-between crocodiles and birds on the evolutionary scale. This relationship shows that theropod dinosaurs could have some of the traits of reptilian crocodiles and birds. The fact that theropod dinosaurs are in-between crocodiles and aves leads to the assumption that theropod dinosaurs were warm blooded so that they could transition to birds. Homoeothermic tendencies in theropod dinosaurs can be determined from the physical data of

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    Nationalities sought each other out instinctively— like a homing pigeon circling to get its bearings; years and name-places recognised by accents‚ partitioned off at night by memories of hunger and hate. For over two years we loved like birds of passage— always sensing a change in the weather: unaware of the season whose track we would follow. A barrier at the main gate sealed off the highway from our doorstep— as it rose and fell like a finger pointed in reprimand or shame;

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    A Birthday

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    that her “heart is gladder than all these” which implies that what the poet is feeling is more than she can put in words. The persona compares her heart to the “singing bird” to bring out how overjoyed she felt. This may imply that the author’s heart had the same energetic rhythm of the chirping bird. When we think of “singing birds” we think of a gorgeous day. This may also imply that the persona is having a wonderful day and her heart is filled with happiness. Rossetti’s heart is described as an

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    well‚ but hey‚ why not. Scene 1: Set late third-year‚ or perhaps fourth year. Medraut glowered at the small blackbird perched jauntily atop his laptop‚ beak opening and closing expectantly. “I fed you half an hour ago‚ you incessant glutton.” The bird cocked its head with a curiously musical little trill that would have been beautiful had it not ended in a slightly hoarse croak not too dissimilar to a raven’s caw‚ and jumped off Medraut’s laptop. The boy sighed with exasperated relief‚ only for

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