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 ".

Human and non-human primates possess one fovea as opposed to certain bird species such as hawks who actually are bifoviate and dogs and cats who possess no fovea but a central band known as the visual streak.

* Malagasy cultural traditions shared with Austronesians of Taiwan, the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, New Zealand, and the Philippines including ancient customs, such as burying the dead within a canoe in the sea or in a lake, the cultivation of traditional Austronesian crops such as taro orsaonjo, banana, coconut, and sugar cane, traditional architecture with a square house plan, music and musical instruments such as the Antsiva conch, the hazolahy drum, the atranatrana xylophone, sodina flute, or the valiha tube zither, and dance, including the " bird dance " found both in central and southern regions.

The eagle is a sacred bird in some cultures and the feathers of the eagle are central to many religious and spiritual customs, especially among some Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada, as well as among many of the peoples of Meso-America.

The Eastern Imperial Eagle ( Aquila heliaca ) is a large species of bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe to western and central Asia.

In flocking simulations, there is no central control ; each bird behaves autonomously.

The eyes of many birds have two foveae ( the fovea is the area of the retina the greatest density of light receptors ), and a kingfisher is able to switch from the main central fovea to the auxiliary fovea when it enters water ; a retinal streak of high receptor density which connects the two foveae allows the image to swing temporally as the bird drops onto the prey.

During the late 14th century, Islamic warlord of Turco-Mongol descent Timur the Great conquered much of western and central Asia. He subjugated Multan and Dipalpur in modern day Pakistan and in modern day India left Delhi in such ruin that it is said for two months " not a bird moved wing in the city ".

Also central to the series is a minimalist and expressionless mynah bird.

The Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea ) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.

Most people now realize that Rapson was mistaken in identifying the central bird as a peacock ; rather, it is the mythic eagle Garuda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas.

This approach is often referred to as Chen's " bird-cage " theory of post-Great Leap economic recovery, where the bird represents the free market and the cage represents a central plan.

Chen proposed that a balance should be found between " setting the bird free " and choking the bird with a central plan that was too restrictive ; this theory would later become a focal point of criticism against Chen during the Cultural Revolution.

The picathartes, rockfowl or bald crows are a small genus of two passerine bird species forming the family Picathartidae found in the rain-forests of tropical west and central Africa.

The moult starts by the bird shedding and replacing a central primary feather, usually number 6 ( Glendell 2007 ).

The adult is a slender, mainly white bird, 48 cm long, excluding the central tail feathers which double the total length, and a one metre wingspan.

The Little Bittern ( Ixobrychus minutus ) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar.

The Meadow Pipit ( Anthus pratensis ) is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania ; there is also an isolated population in the Caucasus Mountains.

Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis, is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia.

This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in central and southern Africa.

A river on the west coast of the South Island and the Huiarau Ranges in the central North Island are also named after the bird.

It is a widespread breeding bird in Britain and Ireland although absent from parts of southern and central England.

This bird breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.

The distribution of wintering birds in central Maine: The interactive effects of landscape and bird feeders.

Also, his species is ambiguous ; although originally and often portrayed as a young canary, he is also frequently called a rare and valuable " tweety bird " as a plot device, and once called " the only living specimen ".

His shape more closely suggests that of a baby bird, which in fact is what he was during his early appearances ( although the " baby bird " aspect has been used in a few later cartoons as a plot device ).

While similarly named, the film does not follow the plot of the tale " The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor " but instead has more in common with " The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor ", which featured the giant roc bird.

In early drafts of the script, the Bird of Prey was to be a Romulan vessel ; although this idea was later dropped, the Bird of Prey maintained its cloaking device as a plot point in the film and the Romulan bird feather patterns on its wings were kept.

The object known as the " bishop's bird stump " functions as a classic " macguffin ", an object which drives the plot and the characters without needing to be particularly important in any other way.