The Order Falconiformes Is Less Unified Than Other Orders Of Birds

Thesis Statement: Mary Aprarico Castrejon reveals in her essay “The Fighter Bird” grit which she, her Papi, and her Ama have despite their poor living situations.

Panthers get energy from food and are carnivore which means they are meat eaters. A panthers diet consist of prey as big mammals and deer, antelopes, and rodents, fish and fruit more. Sometimes panthers eat carrion (animals that are already dead). You probably asking, how do Panthers get their food? Well Panthers hunt for their food with skillful techniques. Panthers are very fast animals and can pounce on their enemies. When panthers run after prey they put their back feet in the tracks that the front feet made so not much sound would be made. If a Panther’s fur blends in with their surroundings they stalk their prey from blushes or trees and then, wait for the right time to pounce on their prey and drive their claws into their back.

The way it gets its prey is by using its long tongue. This tongue has a sticky spot on the tip just like frogs. It can use this tongue for like a grip. If it happens not to use its tongue, it can use its powerful jaw.

The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner explores evolution through the most famous examples in history—the finches of the Galápagos Islands. Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and the process of evolution are applied directly to what scientists refer to as Darwin’s Finches. Weiner follows scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant as they study the finches in real time on the Galápagos. Years of previous work, study and data is collected and analyzed. Different species of animals are observed and explained throughout history. The Grants have one goal, and that is to find the origin of the species, how organisms first began. They find that it really is about the “survival of the

One of its most important characteristics is its beak. The finch adapted to have a thin, long beak to probe through moss, bark and leaves in search of food (Wildscreen Arkive, N.D.). These finches have the thinnest beak out of the 13 finches; which aids them to find small insects. The Green Warbler finch are mostly found in humid highland forest where their primary food source is found. These adaptations made them more fit to survive on available food. Over the years the finch’s beak has evolved as the bird developed different taste for insects. Another famous adaptation is how they camouflage in their environment. The Green Warbler is restricted to the forest and is greener in body colouration, while the Gray Warbler is found in shrubby, dry thickets and is greyer and duller looking (Certhidea olivacea, 2010). Their coloration helps them camouflage in their own environments, and to hide from predators. Recent studies have found that there are in fact two separate species of the Warbler Finch, the Green Warbler Finch and the Grey Warbler Finch, but are considered as a single species (Wildscreen Arkive, N.D.). The Green Warbler finch mainly occupies larger, inner islands, while the Grey Warbler finch inhabits the smaller, outer islands (Green Warbler Finch,

blend with its environment, or the sharp talons and beaks of birds of prey so well suited for predation.

The stories The Osage Firebird by Sudipta Bardhan and A Life Painting Animals by Diana Childress both tell about the life of two girls who overcame barriers to find success. Betty Marie Tallchief, from the story The Osage Firebird, becomes a great and well-known ballerina although she faces prejudice, criticism, and teasing when she was young. She turned into a great and successful ballerina because she overcame many obstacles. Rosa Bonheur, from the story A Life Painting Animals, becomes a great artist and famous for her works of art although she also faced prejudice and had disagreements with her father. She did not let hurdles slow her down or stop her from being successful.

Some raptors are acrobats and blur through dangerous tree lines and brush to catch prey with its agility and speed. Others take a less energy consuming route by soaring high above plains and grasslands and only take advance towards prey with large talons and its eyesight that is to be marveled at. A few take an even more conservative approach by feeding on the already deceased and rotting flesh of almost any carrion. There is also a species of raptor that uses its ability to see at night as if everything is illuminated and sits or stalks its prey through the night. Raptors have evolved different methods of survival but all species are related in many ways as well.

In order to hold onto prey and to keep it in its grasp Felis Catus has developed sharp claws to catch and hold prey. Unlike humans in this case the Felis Catus 's claws are

Number Thirteen: They Have Very Powerful Talons. The talon of an eagle is very large, intimidating and dangerous. But most people would not know that the strike of an eagle's talon is actually more powerful than a rifle's bullet.

Pilate is better able to fly away from societal expectations than the men in her life because she does so without leaving others behind. Milkman leaves Hagar to die when he begins his search for his heritage, and Macon Jr alienates almost everyone in the town when he aggressively collects rents. By contrast, Pilate had “flown” around the expectations for her to cling to strong male figures, and she had avoided the greed that many of her male neighbors displayed, but she had done so without causing harm to her loved ones. Pilate’s flight is represented by the bird that flies away with the earrings because the bird combines the traditionally masculine quality of flight, and the traditionally feminine quality of singing.. In the novel, singing

William Cullen Bryant was a talented poetry composer during the early and mid-1800s. He is often called the, “father of American Poetry.” Poetry took Bryant to a peaceful place; one where he could relax and reflect on various ideas and theories. He produced two notable poems when he was just a teenager: the first, To a Waterfowl and the second, Thanatopsis. In his poem, To a Waterfowl, Bryant discusses the importance of life, while in Thanatopsis, he discusses the importance of death.

The hunters (animals who eat other animals) need to be fast moving and stealthy. For instance, a cheetah has a long stride and a flexible back, which helps it in capturing and killing its prey. But speed does not have to be a factor in catching prey. A combination of stealth and surprise helps a lion capture its prey.

Evolution occurs when an animal species develops new bodily structures and functions in order to adapt to their new environment. These developments are seen as positive adaptations that enhances survival. However, some animal species have lost these new developments. Based on the geographic location and climate, some evolutionary developments that are no longer needed are lost due to the fact that the new bodily structure itself does not enhance the chance of survival in a particular environment (Kirchman 2009; Vieites, et al. 2009). In most cases these lost developments are passed down through future generations and are never redeveloped. However, more information is needed to decide whether or not the loss of these evolutionary developments was due to natural selection or by random mutation over years (Wilkens and Strecker 2003). In this paper, I will examine three studies from a diversity of taxa, which illustrate the history of flightless birds, how climate has influenced the evolution of salamanders and how life lived in darkness has influenced the blindness in cave fish. Together these studies depict how these evolutionary abilities are lost and their affects on the animal species.

There are almost as many ways of flying as there are kinds of birds. Albatrosses glide and soar with long narrow wings stretched out, sometimes staying aloft for hours without a single wing beat. Hummingbirds, on the other hand, can 't rest their wings for even a second in flight. Woodpeckers have a swooping flight, crows fly in a straight line, and swallows dart and weave every which way.