Migrating waders in Roebuck Bay‚ Western Australia Many bird populations migrate long distances along a flyway . The most common pattern involves flying north in the spring to breed in the temperate or Arctic summer and returning in the autumn to wintering grounds in warmer regions to the south. Of course‚ in the Southern Hemisphere the directions are reversed‚ but there is less land area in the far South to support long-distance migration. The primary motivation for migration appears to be
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the sky when the Canada Geese go honking overhead in their trademark "V" formation‚ and because they nest all over Canada and some of the United States many people have a chance to witness the birds migration to the nesting grounds and back to the wintering grounds. The Canada Goose is respected by so many of us because of it’s dignity and courage and refusal to give up. Over the years the Canada Goose has picked up many slang names‚ some of these are: Canadian Goose‚ Canadian Honker‚ Honker‚ Honker
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Heaney: Tribal Practises Heaney has referred to ancient tribal practices as ‘providing imaginative parallels to modern Irish politics’. Examine Punishment and at least two other poems in light of this statement. Throughout both ‘North’ and ‘Wintering Out’ Heaney uses his chief poetic value as a ‘tribal poet’ to explore and reveal his feelings on Irish politics. The changing face of his tribal poetry strongly reflects Heaney’s shifting attitude to the solution of the problems in Ulster. Throughout
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mean the themes of the poem are reflective to the wider world. Line 2 "Round" could link with the title and theme cycles of death and rebirth because snowdrops are iconic of the spring time and death is very prominent within the poem. "Dulled wintering heart" is descriptive of the mouse and how it is dying and in the winter of its life. This also links with the seasons and death themes as it’s the death of the year and the time of year when much wild life is either dead or dormant. Line 3 "Weasel
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The Overpopulation of the Snow Goose in North America Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore available research on the overpopulation of the Snow Goose on the North American continent. The snow goose has been rising in population since the middle of the century and has been escalating so much it is destroying their natural habitat. Wildlife managers have just recently begun to implement strategies to combat this problem. Mainly through the use of hunters the managers are trying to
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feelings. This is really applicable to my work. Co-operative brand: Duffy and Shelliemay The Disney Bear The Story of Duffy and Shelliemay-The Disney Bear: One day‚ Mickey Mouse was getting ready to set sail on a long sea voyage‚ Minnie Mouse made him a special teddy bear to take with him so he would never be loney. Minnie presented her hand sewn bear to Mickey in a duffel bay. Mickey loved the bear and named him Duffy. As Mickey and Duffy sailed on their journey‚ they visited all sorts of exciting places
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metaphors‚ “the spider swings in his bitter geometry” and “telegrams tremble from a wintering tree”. This specifically emphasises the arbitrary pain that affects the people who receive the telegrams. By personifying the telegram and describing it as ‘trembling’‚ it allows the reader to interpret the significance of the news the deliverer is bearing. By contrasting telegrams to the number of falling leaves from a ‘wintering tree’‚ it indicates the colossal number of unfortunate
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by Carol Ann Duffy‚ the current poet laureate‚ is a strikingly poignant poem. It is in the persona of Anne Hathaway‚ Shakespeare’s wife‚ and is perceived to be the opinion of what she thinks about when she is left the second best bed in his will. The sonnet explores the loss felt by Hathaway as she grieves for her husband. Throughout the poem Duffy effectively uses poetic techniques to explore the feeling of loss felt by Hathaway as she is now a widow. The sonnet form allows Duffy the opportunity
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Dream of a Lost Friend How does Duffy powerfully portray the experience of losing a friend in ‘Dream of a Lost Friend’? In this poem‚ Duffy explores how the tragic loss of a close friend affects the mourner‚ and powerfully portrays the implications of their death using imagery‚ structure and emotive language. She touches upon each of the 5 stages of grief and bereavement‚ and conveys the psychological process of each of these: Denial‚ Anger‚ Guilt‚ Depression and Acceptance. Denial is the first
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In “Homecoming”‚ poet Bruce Dawe uses vivid visual and aural poetic techniques to construct his attitudes towards war. He creates a specifically Australian cultural context where soldiers have been fighting in a war in Vietnam‚ and the dead bodies flown home. However the poem has universal appeal in that the insensitivity and anonymity accorded to Precious lives reduced to body bags are common attitudes towards soldiers in all historical conflicts. Although Dawe makes several references to the Vietnam
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