Birds of Iran

Part of the reason many people choose birds as their pets is because of their beautiful colors. Perhaps the most colorful species of birds are Gouldian finches. Another point in appearance, aside from being colorful, is that they are only about 5 inches in size. There are three varieties for this particular species and they're divided according to color. There's the Red Headed Gouldian, the Black Headed Gouldian and the Yellow Headed Gouldian. As for telling which of the species is male or…

“You! Or Here! Or Now! Or Why did you think you could escape me!” (12-13). The personification of the birds adds a startling feel towards the poem, of how the male parrots turn to be demanding and cocky. Closely resembling some of the males in the world, counting myself, males seem to want to impress the girl. The hidden metaphor of humans acting the same…

they have already have eaten fruit. Their long beaks help them reach fruits in hard places. They have two claws in the front and the back to make it easier to climb trees. Even though they eat mostly fruits they also each insects , reptiles , small birds and eggs. The toucan’s color of it’s feathers helps it blend to its surroundings. They also can spot their predators with its great sharp eyesight, then flies up high in the air to keep away from their predators. All species of Toucans from the…

graph was based on the numerical frequency of the birds seen flock feeding or not, and not the actual number of…

On April 15, I attended Bird in the Hand by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas at the California State University of Long Beach University Theatre. Bird in the Hand is about a boy who works at a theme park in Miami owned by his father who is dedicated to tropical birds. The boy, Felix, takes us on a tour of his last year in high school explaining how he came to inherit the park from his father and loses his best friend in the process. The narrator, Felix, feels caged and out-of-place, much like the imported…

Woodpeckers are a vast bird family, composed of approximately 217 species worldwide. They are found throughout the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa, with the largest number of species occurring in the tropics of the New World. Here are a few woodpecker species you may encounter, along with some of the more unique members of the woodpecker family. Red-headed woodpecker The Red-headed Woodpecker is known for its fiery red-head and black and white body. It resides predominately in the Midwest and…

D. Schmidt. The abuse of Doug is shown very well in Audubon's picture, the Brasilian Caracara Eagle. In the picture, there are two birds. One of the birds is on the branch getting attacked by the bird that is above it. The bird that is the attacker is like Doug's father, Mr. Swieteck and the defenseless bird that is below is like Doug. The similarity between the birds and Doug can be seen in the opening scene of the novel, when Doug has recieved a signed Yankees baseball cap from Joe Pepitone.…

Investigating the Effects of Environmental Differences in Nest Ectoparasite Abundance on Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) Reproductive Success Materials and Methods Mountain bluebirds, (Sialia currucoides) are sexually dimorphic insectivorous songbirds, which defend a breeding territory approximately five ha in size, while giving biparental care to their altricial offspring (Power and Lombardo 1996). Bluebirds are often parasitized by hematophagous nest ectoparasitic blowfly larvae, which…

few wing-propelled diving birds, are specialized into a specific niche. By balancing the optimization of their bodies for locomotion between the two media of air and sea water created a unique anatomy for a bird. The evolution of Auks, which includes the puffin, shows a mixture of characteristics similar to those of the ultimate diving bird, the penguin, and the large-winged flyers, such as the pelican. Wing-propelled diving has evolved numerous times in the history of birds, each time finding a…

A major motif in Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening is the image of a bird, appearing frequently throughout the story. Compared to the image of the bird towards the beginning of the novel, the image at the end of the story signifies a significant characteristic change in the bird: it struggles to fly with a “broken” wing and dies. This transition from an image of a bird that initially succeeds in flying to a bird that struggles to explore the skies serves to demonstrate the parallel change that…