Great Egret

For almost as long as humans have been on Earth, we have changed landscapes drastically to suit our needs, historically often without regard to the damage caused in the process. This has changed over time, with the passing of legislation like the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act, the creation of national and state parks, and efforts being made to restore degraded ecosystems. While we may never see perfect natural systems again, especially in areas heavily populated by humans, reconciliation

SPECIES PROFILE for SNOWY EGRET (Egretta thula) prepared for MSC 276 – Marine Vertebrate Zoology by Ashley Wells alwells705@cfcc.mail.edu Submitted: February 8, 2017 Names and classification Egretta thula Snowy Egret Synonyms: Aigrette neigeuse (French), Garceta pie-dorado/Garza chusmita/Garza nivea (Spanish) Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns, and Egrets) Description The snowy egret Egretta thula is a relatively large wading bird, standing at around 24 inches [60.96 cm] high and displaying

The range of boating adventures I’ve experienced in the 1000 Islands is considerable. I recall one outing that continues to stand out, and I revisit it now as I fondly remember the captain of that occasion, William E. Browning III, who passed away in 2013. A small contingent of river rats including Browning and myself were enjoying an evening libation at the St James Hotel & Saloon when Bill said, “Tad, I have a group of bird watchers coming from Watertown tomorrow to see what will soon be the

1. When I was eating at Tim Hortons today, I noticed that there were boxes stacked on top of each other next to the vending machines under the staircase. The boxes are all branded with the Tim Hortons logo so I assume that they all belonged to Tim Hortons. None of the boxes were opened, but I could easily guess the contents inside just by looking at the pictures found on the outside of each box (spoons, napkins, chocolate milks, etc…). 2. In any restaurant or café shop, the supply or food pantry

There are around 64 different species of herons. And out of the 64, I chose the green heron. I chose the green heron because despite it being smaller than most herons, it’s capable of doing many things. For example, the green heron can extend its neck to catch small fish. It can go from a tiny bird to a still tiny bird with a giraffe neck in seconds. If you’re curious about more facts about the green heron, you can continue reading. (Lisa Strattin. Facts About the Green Heron) (https://www.biokids

Abstract The Great Gatsby is written by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story takes place in “the roaring twenties”. The characters in the novel have dreams and goals and not one dream ends well. That is why my thesis statement is: The Great Gatsby is really about unattainable dreams. The dreams I am discussing is Gatsby´s American dream, Daisy’s dream and Nick’s dream. The dreams are based on the love story between Daisy and Gatsby. The final piece in Gatsby’s American dream would

crash in 1929. These were pretty dark times in America. At that time, not only were woman’s rights and minority rights at the forefront of life, but also white men had seen their wealth in jeopardy. People tend to compare the Great Recession of the current day to the Great Depression caused by the stock market crash but it really does not compare. The quality of life in those times was barely scraping the surface of what was to come. People literally starved, were homeless, and lost everything that

Fitzgerald Essay “And one fine morning...” With this phrase, appearing on the last page of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway effectively sums up the motivating force that drives the novel’s titular character, Jay Gatsby. It is the achievement of the American Dream that hangs – unreached – at the end of Carraway’s sentence. In this way, the story leaves us with a similar lasting taste of longing, the bittersweet realization that powerful as the Dream may be

Of Mice and Men- Curley’s wife. How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife to the reader? What is her importance in the novel? In order to discuss how Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife to the reader one would determine that many readers would interpret her character and importance in many diversified ways. In this essay, one must elaborate on Steinbeck’s true definition of the one and only female in the novel. First and foremost other females in the novel are mentioned but not greeted with a presence

Explain the importance of the outsider in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ An outsider is someone who is not accepted or is isolated from society. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is set in the 1930’s, where society considered many people as outsiders. During this period, many people were racist, sexist and prejudice towards disabled people. This is shown with several characters in the novel including Crooks, Curly’s wife and Candy who are all considered as outsiders in this novel, since they each had something that