1 Raptors – an ecologically defined group of birds with large eyes As Aristotle [1] (350BCE) already knew, “the eagle is very sharp-sighted”, a statement often repeated and generalized to all raptors. Here we review what is presently known about eyes and visual adaptations in birds of ...
Moving the birds during the nesting season would require permission from the provincial government, which it would be unlikely to grant at this time, according to Hindmarch. “It’s a sensitive time,” she said. “I think it’s just something that we’ll have to learn to coexi...
as is fit for the hawk kin. It is my wish and mywilneto take after my own kind; nobody can chide me for it. It's given in my sake that I'm soreetheforof my own kind. That's why I'm hated by the small birds that fly along the ground and through thickings. They scream an...
roam, play, nest, and nestle. It is an exquisite oasis of sacred nature: An Lar Naofa, as our dear friends fromSli an Crois, Karen Ward and John Cantwell, dubbed our land.
the houseboat attracted the bird's attention. The little bird became so excited, it almost fell off its tree perch. Steve picked up a slippery minnow and held it out. The minnow was snatched out of his hand and went straight down the birds gullet bones and all. "It" loved live minnows...
Mark Dion - The Library For The Birds Of New York And Other Marvels (个展)02.25 - 04.16Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (美国 New York City, NY) (17) Ben Coonley - Moonley (个展)02.26 - 04.03Microscope Gallery (美国 Brooklyn, NY) (7)(4) Fétiche (群展)02.26 - 04.16Venus gallery (New York...
180 species in 2 families ofnocturnalpredatory birds; hookedbeak, broad skull, facial disk with forward-directed eyes; reversible outer toe; talons for securing prey. FamilyTytonidae(barn owls, grass owls, andbay owls) 21 species in 2 genera found from tropical to temperate regions; body length...