Mayrene Slatton-McCoy August 29, 2017 Comp. 1 5th Hour Informative Essay Birds-of-Paradise Hidden in the large island of New Guinea and small parts of Australia, the Paradisaeidae family is one of the best examples of the power of natural selection and sexual evolution. Most commonly known as Birds-of-Paradise, Paradisaediae, are closely linked to the corvid family. The corvid family consists of crows, ravens, and jays (Irestedt, Jønsson and Fjeldså). What sets Birds-of-Paradise aside from normal corvids is their flashy courtship displays, bright and intricate plumage, and long evolutional history. In 2012, Edwin Scholes and Tim Laman published their research on Birds-of-Paradise. The research took eight years and totaled to be eighteen expeditions to New Guinea. They discovered a sum of thirty-nine species (Bodio). Each species is different and has unique qualities. Size, for instance, is very diverse. The King Bird-of-Paradise is fifteen centimeters long, whereas the Black Sicklebill is one-hundred and ten centimeters long. Length of a bird is measured from the head to the end of the tail. The Curl-Crested Manucode is fifteen ounces heavy, while the King Bird-of-Paradise is significantly less at one and a half ounces heavy (Gill). The size of the bird helps with eating, and courtship displays. …show more content…
They demand males to have best plumage, vocalization, and strength while courting in order to reproduce. Males use elongated feathers and elaborate movements to impress the female (Irestedt, Jønsson and Fjeldså). Courtship displays are behaviors of beauty and grace. For example, the male Wahnes’s parotia dances like a ballerina, bobbing its head up and down as he spreads his wing feathers to form a skirt. The females sit above the male so that she has a good view to watch the behavior (Gill). It is common to see male juveniles practice courtship displays years before they grow and become full adults ( National
The Northern White-tailed deer have a polygynous mating system (fcps.edu, nd). Most white tails mate in their second year but it is possible for females to become sexually active after only seven months. The male species are polygamous but may develop an attachment to a doe for several days or weeks. The female species come into heat in November for only twenty-four hours. If the female is not mated she will have a second heat...
It has been known that when girls, as well as boys reach a certain age they
In “A Caged Bird”, it is made clear that this bird has never experienced the freedom of flying with the other species or perching atop the highest building. All it has ever known is the cage in which is has been kept and fed plentifully, yet not punctually, and nurtured with the love of an owner and proper care.
But the word condor is derived from the Ecuadorian Quechua word cuntur. The California condor has black feathers with a triangle of white on each wing. The adults have a bald head and on their neck they have a fluffy black ridge of feathers that look like a collar. They grow between 117 to 134 centimeters long and weigh from 17 to 24 pounds. The California condor is the largest flying bird in North America, living only in the south western United States.
The tile of the poem “Bird” is simple and leads the reader smoothly into the body of the poem, which is contained in a single stanza of twenty lines. Laux immediately begins to describe a red-breasted bird trying to break into her home. She writes, “She tests a low branch, violet blossoms/swaying beside her” and it is interesting to note that Laux refers to the bird as being female (Laux 212). This is the first clue that the bird is a symbol for someone, or a group of people (women). The use of a bird in poetry often signifies freedom, and Laux’s use of the female bird implies female freedom and independence. She follows with an interesting image of the bird’s “beak and breast/held back, claws raking at the pan” and this conjures a mental picture of a bird who is flying not head first into a window, but almost holding herself back even as she flies forward (Laux 212). This makes the bird seem stubborn, and follows with the theme of the independent female.
...d genuine excitement, although the reasons were still scientific. The birds’ effects on Dillard, on the other hand, contrasted from how the birds had affected Audubon. Throughout her whole encounter with the starlings, Dillard “didn’t move” at all. She was mesmerized from when the birds first appeared to her up until they had wiped out into the woods. As the birds disappeared into the trees, she “stood with difficulty” with her “spread lungs [roaring]” Ultimately, Dillard was appalled by the magnificence of the flocks in flight.
song, we characterize it only by what the other birds sing. Hence, we see the
Black, T., Kennedy, G (2003). Birds of Michigan. (p. 180). Auburn, WA: Lone Pine Publishing.
Denotatively a bird is defined as a, Any of a class (Aves) of warm-blooded vertebrates distinguished by having the body more or less completely covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings, often capable of flying. The authors/Glaspell’s strategic comparison of Mrs. Wright to a bird can be interpreted connotatively that she was a free,
" University Of Windsor Review 16.1 (1981): 92-101. Print. The. Laurence, Margaret. A.S.A. & M.S.A. A Bird in the House. Toronto, ON: McCelland & Stewart, 2010.
The Triceratops (figure 1) was and herbivore that lived in the late Cretaceous period, which was around 125 million years ago. The Triceratops existed at least 66 million years ago. It was a Rhinoceros-like dinosaur that had a sturdy body structure. It had four legs, three horns, and big eyes. Triceratopses were very complex.
Birds are truly amazing creatures and all of their characteristics allow them to be used as symbols to express a variety of things. They can be used as symbols of love, of peace, of life, of death, of people, of freedom and restraint. “Jane Eyre” and “Sula” are two examples of how one symbol can have multiple uses. In both books, birds were used to develop the identities of the characters, to foreshadow different events in the stories and help develop the plots and settings of the stories. I believe both Charlotte Bronte and Toni Morrison made great literary choices by choosing to use birds as symbols in their stories. Both stories are beautifully written with their metaphors of birds. I think that it is great that one symbol can be used to express two opposing views – one of freedom and one of restraint
Marzluff, J., Angell, T. & Elliot, B. (2013, May. - Jun.). Birds: Brains over brawn. Audubon, 115(3), 40-41.
Infectious diseases also called as communicable diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi), can be spread directly or indirectly from one person to another.
*The speed of migration is different for different species, depending on when they migrate. *A new study has found interesting differences in the migration speeds of early and late migrants between Europe and Africa. *In general, flight velocity of birds ranges from 20 to 50 miles per hour. *For sustained flight, larger birds typically fly faster than smaller birds. * A common flying speed of ducks and geese is between 40 and 50 miles per hour, but among the smaller birds it is much less. *Herons, hawks, Horned Larks, ravens, and shrikes, timed with an automobile speedometer have been found to fly 22 to 28 miles per hour, whereas some of the flycatchers fly at only 10 to 17 miles per hour. *Even such fast-flying birds as the Mourning Dove