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Hawks of the genus Accipiter and falcons pursued and preyed upon pigeons in flight, which in turn executed complex aerial maneuvers to avoid them; Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) was known as the "great pigeon hawk" due to its successes, and these hawks allegedly followed migrating passenger pigeons. [52]
Pagon is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The character was created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch, and first appeared in The New Avengers #1 (December 2004) in a cameo and in New X-Men vol. 2 #13 (May 2005) with a full appearance.
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Brown bullfinch, Pyrrhula ...
Following a team workout on Monday, Sept. 16, 12 members of the university men’s lacrosse team were diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo), a potentially life-threatening muscle disorder ...
For some, restless legs syndrome can be so severe that they can’t sleep. (Getty Images) (AndreyPopov via Getty Images)
Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈɛərhɑːrt / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, Earhart embraced celebrity culture and women's rights ...
Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for searching for food and for escaping from predators. Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscles, the pectoralis (which accounts for 15% of the total mass of the bird) and the supracoracoideus, as well as a ...
The fourth color cone would extend the range of visible colors for hummingbirds to perceive ultraviolet light and color combinations of feathers and gorgets, colorful plants, and other objects in their environment, enabling detection of as many as five non-spectral colors, including purple, ultraviolet-red, ultraviolet-green, ultraviolet-yellow ...