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The Blue Crane ( Anthropoides paradiseus ), also known as the Stanley Crane and the Paradise Crane, is the national bird of South Africa.

The Blue Crane is a tall, ground-dwelling bird, but is fairly small by the standards of the crane family.

Of the 15 species of crane, the Blue Crane has the most restricted distribution of all.

The Blue Crane is partially social, less so during the breeding season.

In the last two decades, the Blue Crane has largely disappeared from the Eastern Cape, Lesotho, and Swaziland.

The primary causes of the sudden decline of the Blue Crane are human population growth, the conversion of grasslands into commercial tree plantations, and poisoning: deliberate ( to protect crops ) or accidental ( baits intended for other species, and as a side-effect of crop dusting ).

The South African government has stepped up legal protection for the Blue Crane.

The Blue Crane is a bird very special to the amaXhosa, who call it indwe.

The Blue Crane is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ( AEWA ) applies.

* Species text for Blue Crane in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

* International Crane Foundation's Blue Crane page

* Blue Crane videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection

* Blue Crane ( Anthropoides paradises ) from Cranes of the World by Paul Johnsgard

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They have also actively participated in joint military operations such Blue Hungwe in Zimbabwe in 1997 and Blue Crane in South Africa in 1999.

Although recognized primarily for The Red Badge of Courage, which has become an American classic, Crane is also known for short stories such as " The Open Boat ", " The Blue Hotel ", " The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ", and The Monster.

* South Africa – Springbok Antelope, Elephant ( mammals ), Blue Crane ( bird )

Jean Fardulli's Blue Angel is the first top local club to import that crazy new dance, the Twist.

`` Blue Skies, Brown Studies '' is illustrated with numerous excellent photographs.

* 1959 – Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.

Today Ahmed I is remembered mainly for the construction of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque ( also known as the Blue Mosque ), one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture.

However, Hume admits that there is one objection to his account: the problem of " The Missing Shade of Blue ".

Callinectes sapidus | Blue crab was used on the eastern and southern coast of what is now the U. S. mainland.

One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue Ox.

The first occurrence of the phrase blue law so far found is in the New-York Mercury of March 3, 1755, where the writer imagines a future newspaper praising the revival of " our Connecticut's old Blue Laws ".

Belgian Blue is a breed of beef cattle from Belgium.

The Belgian Blue is named after their typically blue-grey mottled hair colour, however its colour can vary from white to black.

Since the Belgian Blue ’ s bone structure is the same as a normal cow, however holding a greater amount of muscle, causes them to have a greater meat to bone ratio.

The extension beyond Lechmere is in progress and the Red and Blue subway line connection is being designed ; the status of the Arborway Line is unclear.

* Blue biotechnology is a term that has been used to describe the marine and aquatic applications of biotechnology, but its use is relatively rare.

Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States.

The US began to target food crops in October 1962, primarily using Agent Blue.

The U. S. military began targeting food crops in October 1962, primarily using Agent Blue ; the American public was not made aware of the crop destruction programs until 1965 ( and it was then believed that crop spraying had begun that spring ).

Delft is primarily known for its typically Dutch town centre ( with canals ); also for the painter Vermeer, Delft Blue pottery ( Delftware ), the Delft University of Technology, and its association with the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau.

Parts of the canal are still used to transport cargo, but it is now primarily used as a tourist and recreational attraction, dubbed Sveriges blå band (" Sweden's Blue Ribbon ").

Blues harmonica players who are primarily or mainly associated with the instrument include Norton Buffalo, Jerry Portnoy, Lazy Lester, Bob Dylan, Sugar Blue, Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite, Corky Siegel, Junior Wells, Ron " Pigpen " McKernan, Kim Wilson, Slim Harpo, Al " Blind Owl " Wilson of Canned Heat, Jack Bruce of Cream and John Sebastian of The Lovin ' Spoonful.

Additionally the team as a whole is occasionally referred to as the " Big Blue Wrecking Crew ", even though this moniker primarily and originally refers to the Giants defensive unit during the 80s and early 90s.

Composed primarily by Sumner and Morris, " Prime 5 8 6 "/" Video 5 8 6 " was an early version of " 5 8 6 " that contained rhythm elements that would later surface on " Blue Monday " and " Ultraviolence ".

The US began to target food crops in October 1962, primarily using Agent Blue.

The rules for a takeover can be found in what is primarily known as ' The Blue Book '.

Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States, as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee.

The rocket primarily consisted of Blue Streak, Coralie, and Astris rocket stages.

It is part of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, and primarily encompasses the valley of the Nattai River, which is surrounded by spectacular sandstone cliffs.

School colors are primarily Red, White and Blue.

Although Quincy is primarily urban, or fully 23 percent of its land area lies within the uninhabited Blue Hills Reservation, a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Blue collar workers who lived primarily in the central part of town were employed in local manufacturing concerns.

Blue boxes were primarily the domain of " pranksters " and " explorers ", but others used blue boxes solely to make free phone calls.

The sour fruits are eagerly sought by many kinds of birds, including: American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Bluebird, European Starling, Scarlet Tanager, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, and American Crow, all primarily eastern North American birds migrating or residing year-round within the tree's range.

Blue Chaffinches primarily eat Canary Island Pine seeds, but, unlike most other finches, its young are fed extensively on insects.

He used these on all of his recordings after Youthanasia, primarily using Crate's highly successful Blue Voodoo tube amplifiers.

The other most common color coded Ranch Hand herbicides were Agent Blue ( cacodylic acid ) that was primarily used against food crops, and Agent White ( picloram ) which was often used when Agent Orange was not available.

This was nicknamed the " Baby Blue Machine ", and consisted of political advisors primarily imported from the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.

* Blue Jay Sailboat, a class of sailboat used primarily in the north-eastern United States

When the Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA ) declared their plan to close down the Blue Line – which primarily serves working-class Latino communities – Gutiérrez successfully secured $ 320 million in federal funding to reconstruct Blue Line stops and pressed the CTA to re-instate full service.