The Great Horned Owl The Great Horned Owl comes from the Strigidae family. Its scientific name is Bubo Virginianus. Bubo comes from the Latin word meaning "owl" or from the Greek word for "eagle owl" used by the 1st Century Roman naturalist Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus). Virginianus‚ meaning "of Virginia" is where the first specimen of Great Horned Owls was collected. Some other names for the Great Horned Owl are; Grand-duc d’Amerique‚ in French‚ and in Spanish is Busho cornudo. The common
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JoTT Note 3(5): 1775–1777 Avian frugivory and seed dispersal of Indian Sandalwood Santalum album in Tamil Nadu‚ India P. Balasubramanian 1‚ R. Aruna 2‚ C. Anbarasu 2 & E. Santhoshkumar 2 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History‚ Anaikatty PO‚ Coimbatore‚ Tamil Nadu 641108‚ India Email: 1 balusacon@yahoo.com (corresponding author) 1‚2 Santalum album (Santalaceae) is a medium sized evergreen tree found in dry forest tracts of the Deccan Peninsula‚ where the major sandal growing
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What’s yours? Summer time is the best time to hang with your family because there’s no school. My favorite summer memory is when I went to Camp Oaks. Camp Oaks take on a trip with nature. The squirrel’s big bubbly eyes are so adorable. The squirrels were hopping trees like flying pancakes. Nature is fresh smell‚ and you get the outdoor experience. At camp the first activity I remember doing was the scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt was exploring and taking in nature. While on the scavenger
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How do children learn language and what do word’s mean? Children are said to be able to communicate from the very second they enter the world. This communication is known globally and all babies unconsciously are able to do it‚ this form of communication is recognized as crying. This is all right for a short period of time when the child only requires the basic necessities of life‚ however as they develop and are more consciously aware‚ this makes children want and need more‚ so starts their
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life that I have been out alone. The road along which I walk is not used much at night. Even during the day‚ it is only used by people who have worked in the rubber and banana plantations along the way. When I was walking‚ I could hear the noise squirrels‚ insects and owls. The world that love the night creatures like bats is very positive‚ and has hundreds of darkness. All this does not‚ however‚ frighten. I held a stick in my hand and move quickly to my home for dinner. Then‚ suddenly‚ I caught
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Food Web Diagram Temperate Forest: Lynx (C) Wolf (C) Bear (C) Cougar (C) Amphibians (C) Raccoons (C) Birds (C) Squirrel‚ Mice‚ and Chipmunks (C) Salmon (C) Insects (C‚ D) Deer and Elk (C) Primary Producer and Decomposer Trees and Plants The above food web describes how all the major categories of organism can work to together in an ecosystem. First let’s describe the producers‚ these are plants and trees the produce energy into the ecosystem. Next the consumer
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Scout walks Boo Radley home. All during the novel‚ Scout and Jem could not understand the motivation behind the actions of their neighbor‚ Boo Radley. He was seen as the mysterious figure‚ " a six and a half foot tall" terror who "dined on raw squirrels and cats." The rumors swirling around him are that he stabbed his father as a teenager and terrorizes the neighborhood at night‚ "seeking
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in asking for money. Even when asked what she would like for Christmas‚ money is her answer. It is impressive how Torvald addresses Nora as she was just a little girl‚ or even a pet‚ “my little lark mustn’t droop her wings like that. What? Is my squirrel in the sulks?” (Ibsen 842). It seems as if he is talking to a little child. And he says that as he is giving her money‚ which makes their interaction seem almost of a grown grandparent giving money to his precious‚ favorite young granddaughter. All
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Mockingbird‚ the character Jem was able to grow in maturity from the experiences that helped shape his understanding of Boo Radley. As a matter of fact‚ his childish beliefs‚ based upon rumors heard‚ of Boo was that he was a monster who ate cats and squirrels. Unfortunately‚ he doesn’t know yet that Boo Radley tries to extend a “hand” towards the kids by leaving gifts in the knot hole of the tree‚ to tell them he’s not who they think he is. A quote from pg 81 sheds light that the Radley place is becoming
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always chapped and her hair is always left down unkempt because she’s too lazy to fix herself up. While she’s eating‚ she likes to converse with everyone at the table for quite a long time‚ but eventually goes back to stuffing her cheeks like a squirrel would with nuts. Despite what everyone thinks of her‚ bad or good‚ she is very confident and somewhat arrogant. She has a very creative mind‚ especially since she likes drawing and doing arts and crafts. Lani always asks her parents to be in some
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