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Large-billed tern
In flight white triangular area on secondary wing feathers. Heavy yellow bill; face and throat bare with red skin. Range Caribbean; Central America south ...
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SABO's Avian Oddities: White Sandhill Crane
It has a few dark gray feathers on its body, a little dusky color in its outer wing feathers, and normal-looking skin, bill, and ... The bright red forehead is characteristic of adults, but the dark feathers on the wings appear to be natural pigment rather than mud ... settle down on the wetland at Whitewater Draw. The scattered dark feathers and smudgy dark wingtips show well in this photo, taken during ...
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June 2000 nest visits
The chicks in Nest 4 are the oldest. Their bodies are mostly covered with feathers now and their tail and wing feathers are half grown. As in all birds, these feathers are protected by a special sheath when they first sprout. The sheath flakes away as the feathers develop. Perfect flight feathers are ...
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nature, bird, rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
The bird was exhibiting synchronous molt of her wing feathers, with the seventh primary on each wing "in quill" (ensheathed) about half way (right). Rufous Hummingbirds have ten primary (main wing) feathers that are numbered ...
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Rufous Hummingbird Banded at Rock Hill SC, 05 Dec 2003 (Selasphorus rufus); Retrapped Same Site 17 Nov 2004
Interestingly, last year her wing chord--the distance from the bend of the bird's wing ... wing feathers being 2-5% longer than those in the same bird when it becomes an adult. One speculation is that young birds need that little bit of extra wing ...
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Controlling Pigeons and Rock Doves (Columba livia)
(Fig. 1). Body color can ... g) and the average length is 11 inches (28 cm). When pigeons take off, their wing tips touch, making a characteristic clicking sound. When they glide, their wings are raised at ...
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Common Native Birds
The edges of ruru’s wing feathers are fluffy, so he flies quite silently and no one can ... chicks have baby down feathers. When they are about five or six weeks old they will have adult feathers and will leave the ... "morepork, morepork". Weird fact – the ruru eats its food whole – bones, feathers, everything! – so later on it will cough up a ‘pellet’ containing ...
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NATUREANDCO.COM - New Zealand Seabirds: The Black-billed Gull
A white gull with pale grey wings and black wing tips. The bill and legs are black. Juveniles have brownish-black tips to wing feathers. Similar species - Adult Black-billed gull could be confused with juvenile Red-billed, but Red-billed has mainly black wing tips and bill is more robust ...
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Nestling Growth
Pin feathers begin to emerge from the fleshy meat of the tail. 10-day old: At this age, the outer primary wing feathers begin to burst their sheaths, as do the tail feathers, exposing emerging, dark-gray feathertips. Note the fluffy, gray feathers ...
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Michigan United Conservation Clubs
When properly cooked, the meat should readily come away from the breast, wing and leg. Serves four. Yogurt Baked Pheasant Ingredients Pheasant breast and thighs Plain yogurt - large ... turkey and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve over rice or noodles. MOOD Recipes "Fur" "Fin" "Feathers" Michigan United Conservation Clubs | 2101 Wood Street | P.O. Box 30235 | Lansing, MI 48912-3785 ...
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