but when the bird is found at last, it turns out to be a fake.

Now the Stone Harbor bird sanctuary, 31 acres of magic attraction for exotic herons, is threatened, but the battlefront extends far beyond our state.

Stravinsky, nearing the age of eighty, is like a lost and frantic bird, flitting from one abandoned nest to another, searching for a home.

and the eagle, who leads the bird community when he is not too busy in Washington posing for fifty-cent pieces.

Alabama is unofficially nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird.

In rural tidewater Virginia and eastern New England, ' r ' is non-rhotic in accented ( such as " bird ", " work ", " first ", " birthday ") as well as unaccented syllables, although this is declining among the younger generation of speakers.

Plancius called the constellation " Paradysvogel Apis Indica "; the first word is Dutch for ' bird of paradise ', but the others are Latin for " Indian Bee "; " apis " ( Latin for " bee ") is presumably an error for " avis " or " bird ".

It is a significant bird egg predator, excepting those of the largest tundra bird species.

Every tree that is scorched and each bird nest that is devoured is a sign of the abiotic stress.

The Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo ) is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia.

The Orioles wear their black alternate jerseys for Friday night games with the alternate " O's " cap, whether at home or on the road ; the cartoon bird batting helmet is still used with this uniform ( see description on home and road design below ).

head ) is a bird of prey found in North America.

It is the national bird of the United States of America and appears on its Seal.

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.

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

During the breeding season, the male call of this marsh-dwelling bird is a " low pitched boom "; hence, it is occasionally called the " bunyip bird ".

The Great Auk of the Northern Hemisphere, now extinct, was superficially similar to penguins, and the word " penguin " was originally used for that bird, centuries ago.

The Common Swift ( Apus apus ) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin but somewhat larger.

The Storm Petrel is a small bird, only the size of a House Martin, which it superficially resembles with its dark plumage and white rump.

This bird superficially resembles the Goldcrest, which largely shares its European range, but the Firecrest's bronze shoulders and strong face pattern are distinctive.

The Little Swift ( Apus affinis ), is a small bird, superficially similar to a Barn Swallow or House Martin.

The Pallid Swift ( Apus pallidus ) is a small bird, superficially similar to a Barn Swallow or House Martin.

The Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus ), is a small bird, superficially similar to a House Martin.

Although this bird is superficially similar to a Barn Swallow or House Martin, it is not related to those passerine species.

Although this bird is superficially similar to a House Martin, it is completely unrelated to that passerine species.

This superficially quail-like bird has a grey-brown plumage and two easily separated subspecies.

This machine was an ornithopter, with flapping wings similar to those of a bird, first presented in his Codex on the Flight of Birds in 1505.

He notes for the first time that the center of gravity of a flying bird does not coincide with its center of pressure, and he describes the construction of an ornithopter, with flapping wings similar to a bird's.

The fossil record ( especially the sister species Pinguinus alfrednewtoni ) and molecular evidence show that the three genera, while closely related, diverged soon after their common ancestor, a bird probably similar to a stout Xantus's Murrelet, had spread to the coasts of the Atlantic.

When European explorers discovered what are today known as penguins in the Southern Hemisphere, they noticed their similar appearance to the Great Auk and named them after this bird, although they are not related.

A recent study compared DNA samples taken from specimens of both Ivory-billed birds along with the Imperial Woodpecker, a larger but otherwise very similar bird.

While recent evidence suggesting that American Ivory-billed Woodpeckers may still exist in the wild has caused excitement in the Ornithology community, no similar evidence exists for the Cuban Ivory-billed bird, believed to be extinct since the last sighting in the late 1980s.

The ravens look similar to another common bird, the crow, being related.

Some of these scenes are a transparent inside a church with someone walking by, a black man praying, a monk sitting while a bird flies off his stick, the same monk walking by the river, a bird flying by a sunset, more children ( similar to the final scene in " That Place "), crows flying above a river, two men rowing their boat in that river, a woman praying in the Ganges River, two men doing yoga, another monk, and a temple in Nepal.

splendens " indicates " a bird similar to the house crow but not certainly identified as this species ".

During the etching process the printmaker uses a bird feather or similar item to wave away bubbles and detritus produced by the dissolving process, from the surface of the plate, or the plate may be periodically lifted from the acid bath.

Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which the wings form a rotor mounted on a spinning shaft and ornithopters in which the wings are hinged, allowing them to flap in similar manner to a bird.

In China, the phoenix is called the businiao ( 不死鳥 ; literally " immortal bird "), whereas the fenghuang ( 鳳凰 ) is a mythical bird of local Chinese origin, similar to the phoenix.

The observation that otherwise unrelated bird groups may perform similar ecological roles and bear striking morphological similarities to one another is explained by the concept of convergent evolution.

The comb and wattle are cut off in order to meet show standards of the American Gamefowl Society and the Old English Game Club and to prevent freezing in colder climates ( the standard emerged from the older practice of severing the comb, wattles, and earlobes of the bird in order to remove anatomical vulnerabilities, similar to the practice of docking a dog's tail and ears ).

After two to three months out of the nest, the juvenile bird grows some orange feathers under its chin and over a similar period this patch gradually extends to complete the adult appearance.

We know that they adore a large bird similar to a kite, which they raise with the greatest of care from the time it is young, and they hold to many errors regarding it.

They are typically of similar size, although in sharks, that on the right side is usually larger, and in many bird and mammal species, the left may be the larger.

Similarly, many similar do-it-yourself and children's projects use wire hangers as holders of various types, from keeping a brake caliper from hanging by the brake line during auto repair work, to securing a gate on a bird cage.

This association of the Golden Eagle with Rome has also led to the adoption of similar symbols in other countries ; for instance, the adoption of the related and physically similar Bald Eagle as the national bird of the United States was inspired by the conception of the United States as a modern reincarnation of the Roman Republic, a theme that recurs in other elements as well ( including the prevalence of neoclassical architecture in American public buildings and the use of Roman terminology — such as naming the upper house of Congress the Senate — to hark back to the Roman model ).

" ( Translation: " I'm a sweet little bird in a gilded cage ...") Aside from this speech challenge, Tweety's voice ( and a fair amount of his attitude ) is similar to that of Bugs Bunny, rendered as a child ( in The Old Grey Hare, Bugs ' infant voice was very similar to Tweety's normal voice ), which was achieved by speeding up Mel Blanc's voice recordings of Tweety Bird.