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When a baby bird fell from its nest in Greece nearly 200 years ago, it could not have known that this might have been the luckiest day of its young life. The owlet, fell into the arms of one of the most loving and caring women known throughout history – Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale was a pioneer in the field of nursing who helped to establish health reforms and improve the unsanitary conditions in British hospitals. Her undying devotion and care for the wounded extended to all creatures

A tin bird is not a real bird but the love pecks at “the tin image of/a faceless bird”(9-10). While the speaker is real and cares for the bird; the bird connects with a false image. People sometimes love an image, or what they think someone represents but do not connect to an actual person. The mood of the poem is sad and the tone is dark. The bird, love, is in danger from others. The sparrow seems vulnerable and lost. It

interested in songbirds in the 1980s. She studies the migrations of the tiniest birds and the threats posed upon them. (Cameron, 2013) Stutchbury had many questions such as: why do certain birds mate five or ten times an hour, how are mates chosen and how do they care for their offspring, and many more. She followed these songbirds to Latin America, their wintering grounds, and North America,

items out of the water” (All About Birds). It’s legs express a reddish coloring and it weighs around approximately two to four pounds. It has an extensive wingspan of about forty seven to fifty one inches

the island and abrasion. Many plants and animals had come to Surtsey to breed or look for food, even coming before the island had stopped erupting. In 1964, seeds and a fly were found along the shores of Surtsey brought in by the wind, waves, and birds flying over the island, and in 1970, the northern fulmar and the black guillemot settled on the island and two guillemot chicks were born that summer making the chicks

Do you know the sounds of the birds in the morning? That is the Blue Jays and Robins at work. Blue Jays and Robins are amazing and wonderful birds. They have a similar diet,a different habitat, and some similarities in traits. Both Blue Jays and Robins travel in flocks, sometimes with each other. They have similar lengths too, but a Blue Jay can get a inch longer than a Robin. The Blue Jay mimics the calls of other animals, while a Robin has its own call. A Blue Jay is a melanian color with blue

The American Robin is one of the more popular birds around. They are known for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. I chose this bird because they are so commonly found in locations around me. One specific location was my backyard. Just at the end of spring a male and female robin moved into my backyard, where they began to build a nest and hopefully later make a family of their own. The American Robin is in the phylum Chordata, class Aves, and order

The Cutlass-beaked river hawk, or aceros amnicus, is a very unique bird of prey. The latin root aceros means sharp, and amnicus means it is from a river. It lives near rivers and has very sharp talons as well as an extremely sharp beak, which goes along with its scientific name. The sharp talons allow it to catch prey trying to flee from it. It’s feet are rather large, and that makes catching moving prey and gripping on to trees much easier. This hawk lives in an environment in which the amount

Bullies and Songsters What bird is that singing so sweetly, so loudly, and for SO long in the middle of the night? If you're in North America, most likely it is the Northern Mockingbird, (Mimus polyglottos). This bird, whose Latin name means "many-tongued mimic," may sing the songs of up to two hundred other birds but it also may be the bully of your backyard, chasing all the other birds away. The Northern Mockingbird is a long-tailed and somewhat short-winged bird, will a dark strong but short

Article Summery This article focuses on a group of secretive wetland birds known as secretive marsh birds. These birds are extremely difficult to observe due to their quiet nature, natural camouflage and shy behavior. However, although these birds are looked over most of the time they still play a role in the wetland ecosystem especially within Missouri. These birds are migratory in nature and tend to move through Missouri through during the fall and spring, visiting various Missouri wetlands as