What the hawk means to First Nations peoples who live in its habitat Being a bird species native to most of North America, the red-tailed hawk is a part of many First Nations cultures, most of whom view it as a symbol of courage, strength, and power. Since North America is so vast that there are bound to be discrepancies between the beliefs of different First Nations peoples, this writeup shall deal with the different meanings the hawk can have to different tribes, including some in British Columbia. In some cases, literature about the hawk’s importance to First Nations peoples have been drowned out by websites which do not appear reliable; as such, some pieces of information about the similar and much more well-documented hawk are also included in this writeup. The Cheyenne tribe from the Great Plains believe that hawks warn and protect one of impending danger from one’s enemies.…
Noah Haack 10/5 Biology 6 Hawaiian Hawk The Hawaiian Hawk is one of the very few native birds of prey left on the Hawaiian Islands, and the only native hawk to Hawaii. It has a medium brown color on it’s back, and a snow white belly. It is about 16-18 inches tall weighing about 1 pound.…
Bald Eagles are America's national bird, so why did it come so close to extinction? Although DDT is probably the biggest reason, disease and deforestation are also reasons. Disease killed many bald eagles over the years. Deforestation took away the bald eagles habitat high in the trees.…
The island fox has been endangered since the 1990’s.but was not federally recognized as such until 2004. The island foxes on Santa Catalina became endangered because a wild North American raccoon was “stow away” on a boat and escaped onto the island in the late 1990s. Canine distemper virus, a fatal dog disease passed from this raccoon to the island foxes. By 2000 almost 90% of the foxes died from the distemper virus.…
Have you ever read the story called The Osage Fire bird? Well if you have, I am going to point out some of the main events, obstacles and summarize about a girl who had many obstacles in her life. This girl has faced many hard times, but bounced right back on her feet. This girl was named Betty Marie.…
American minks were introduced because shipments of minks were being made to North America. They were then initially presented in the UK in the 1920s. Thew were discovered mainly in the wild as a result of escape and also due to human intervention which made there population expand in lakes and rivers that were in Europe and South America. American minks were mainly introduced for fur farming to make jackets and capes for humans. The first mink to be found in Britain was an accidental cause due to animals escaping from the farms this expanded the population of minks due to successful breeding.…
How effective are the measures being taken by interest groups to ensure the survival of the hooded plovers on the Southern Australian coastline? Introduction: The Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis but more commonly known as the hooded plover is a stocky bird that stands at 10 centre metres tall and 20 centre metres wide, the bird that is a vulnerable specie in the South Australian coastline area, Whilst it is Endangered in both Victoria and New South Wales (Bird Life Australia, NA), refer to figure 1 to an. The Hooded Plover digs a shallow hole in sand or fine gravel situated above the high-tide ocean beaches or among dunes. The normal amount of chicks is one or two eggs hatch after about 30 days and then leaves the nest within a one to two days.…
The processes that Blue Dragon have found to be the most successful when taking kids off of the street and offering them opportunities to gain an education have been to approach them personally and offer them a safe place to get a warm meal (Brosowski. M. 2017). They do this by looking in areas that the children are most likely to be, this means thinking like a street kid and being able to go where they are. Often these places that the children have deemed safe from law enforcement and predators are not at all safe for the children. These places include, under bridges, under rail way tracks, near the banks of the rice fields and the Mekong, and places where a large group of the children can keep each other relatively safe. Once they find these children, Blue Dragon offers them a hot meal at their HQ.…
One of the most fascinating creatures to me as a child was the monarch butterfly. Not only for its eye-catching wings that match the autumn leaves, but how they are the only butterfly that migrates south for the winter, similar to birds. Every year, millions make their journey from North America to Mexico or California, although those individual butterflies won’t return. Monarch migration is one of mother nature’s greatest phenomena. They migrate for two reasons: they cannot withstand the harsh, cold weather, and the larval food plants don’t grow in their winter habitats, so the spring generation migrates back north where plants grow.…
Sugar gliders homes are being destroyed because the tree’s are being chopped down and some are endangered. It mostly spends its time in a tree where it sleep’s. The sugar glider is one of my favorite animals in the world! This species is known for gliding, running, and sleeping. Some people own them as pets.…
Embark on a dangerous and exhilarating mission to rescue Elandra the Queen dragon with Emily Jones and Azari in the LEGO Elves Queen Dragon`s Rescue 41179. Watch out for Ballista's poison blast as u break into the 2-storey castle to free your friends. Use the hidden green crystal to cross the lava and be careful on your way to the dungeon. Finally, free the captured mouse from the crystal mine and the dragon queen from the evil fox.…
“Amidst the Epoch of Ash, Satyrium and Bahran miners ventured to Geren’has and staggered into an old grot that spoke to them in a hushed tone, a draught that seduced the Sun Elves and Ek’Zahlni into its drear shadows. And delved from the cave’s nethermost region did they discover an unsullied gold that whispered into the ears of moths. The miners revealed that, when in one’s hand, this ‘Moth Gold’ would alter its form into any thought the wielder concocted in his brain. At that moment, avarice and paranoia tore the group asunder, dividing the two races to whelm the cave with blood, soaking the cobwebs of trembling spiders and slithering across the stony crags that hung from above. “Few escaped from the ghastly horror and few managed to obtain and conceal fragments of the Moth Gold.…
The Eclectus Parrot is native to northeastern Australia, Sumba, New Guinea, and the Solomon islands . The Eclectus roratus is only living species in the Eclectus genus. There has been fossils discovered on the islands of Tonga and Vanuatu of a similar species. The Oceanic Eclectus Parrot had smaller wings and was known as Eclectus infectus, which is now extinct. “The Eclectus parrot has evolved into at least 10 subspecies, four of which are available in the pet market.…
They are also a sight to see when they dive into the water to get fish. The bird is seen in many areas of the Everglades where food is abundant. Anyone who sees one in their natural environment will agree, it is a skeptical to…
Using my knowledge from class regarding the criteria for natural selection, I predict the parameter regarding heritability would have the greatest impact on the evolution of beak size in finches because this is the essential requirement necessary for an increase in frequency to occur by natural selection. Evolution is a result of natural selection, so without it evolution cannot occur compared to the other parameters. Also, a population cannot evolve if the trait is not able to be passed down from the parent to the offspring. However, the other parameters that come close to being important are the parameters regarding variance and precipitation. Precipitation plays a part in altering the beak sizes based on the food source (seed) that are produced…