Larry Bird

In the midst of the trees on campus stand two intimidating creatures lurking. Two aggressive and tense looking panthers lock eyes as one guard its prey from the other. The muscles are represented realistically and dramatically throughout the shoulder, back and thighs. The heads are locked together in a chilling stare. The panther guards a deer while another panther approaches on a higher rock seeking the other panther’s prize. These animals appear to be on the verge of battle for the prey.…

wing-span is longer than that of any known bird? It had a crest on its head, no teeth at all, and a very short tail. Despite what many people still think, modern birds didn't descend from pterosaurs like pteranodon, but from the small, two-legged theropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, many of which were covered with feathers. In 1860 the first bones of a pteranodon were discovered. Scientists were baffled because it wasn't a bird or a dinosaur, but it was closely…

authors of “Brain Birds” and “A Soft Spot For Crows”, have an exceedingly positive attitude towards crows and ravens as indicated by their complimentary language and word choice. Terry Krautwurst, the author of “Brain Birds”, shows great admiration and regard to crows and ravens. For example, he states that they are “fawned over and feared by humans”. This vivid statement means that numerous people fear this species, but Terry recognizes the true greatness of these birds. As I have…

April 2018 Birds Essay If someone were to venture outside on most any day, or even just look out of their window, they are extremely likely to see some sort of bird. Perhaps one would think nothing of them, being a daily occurrence. However, writers often delve into topics deeper than ordinary people do and show a how those birds affect them personally. Two such writers are John James Audubon and Annie Dillard, who both wrote a two-paragraph piece about their experiences observing birds.…

and I will have some black dots on me but it all will disappear. My habitat where I like to live is in the tundra, meadows, marshes and dunes during nesting season. The food that I will eat when I grow up with be mice, other rodents, fox, small birds, insects, and even rabbits. But since I am small now, I only eat worms and berries. When I am older I will have to use my claws to grab my food and bring it back to my nest. Males and females owls come together in spring and summer to form…

Hamlet Village Retirement Community and Friends of WomenSafe are partnering to host a fall luncheon, “Leaves of Change” on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at the Hamlet Atrium located at 200 Hamlet Hills Drive, in Chagrin Falls. The doors will open at 11:30 a.m. so you can enjoy a glass of wine, mingle, and buy tickets for the gift raffle offering gift certificates, jewelry, and specialty baskets. Lunch will be served at noon, followed with a brief talk by Andrea Gutka, Executive Director of…

“So now I always tell my students about the Gulf-Stream: that what it means for us, for writers, is that we need to align ourselves with the river of the story” Bird by Bird Anne Lamott. This quote stuck out to me when I first read it, mainly because I am not usually a fan of poetic metaphors. However this is so cohesive it does not just seem as if it is a filler but it adds to the piece. Illustrating her thoughts in a vivid way and drawing a conclusion to her lengthy anecdote, it brings a…

Once I got attacked by a swarm of bees. I was seven years old and sitting out of the first quarter of my soccer game. My team was called “Lightning Bolts” because our jerseys were electric green. I was playing with my friends little brother near a gate covered in ivy and we were kicking the ball against the gate and it would come back, then we would kick it again, over and over again. Our game did not last that long, barely five minutes, because my friends brother and I kicked that ball high…

are never far from his mind. Resistance is shown by Bird when captures a young haudenosaunee girl to adopt as his own daughter to raise, since his own were brutally murdered by the young girls tribe. Bird tends to show power by the saying an eye for an eye. He brings out a positive outcome with his resistance to lacking power, he did this by preparing young warriors for battle, assuring them they know the worst that can happen. Without Birds defiance towards the haudenosaunee tribe, the…

the birds in the world started attacking people? Well, that's what happens in the movie and short story The Birds. The short story and the movie are very different, even though there are some similarities. One of the major similarities between the short story and the movie is that the radio was there the main source of information. In the movie between bird attacks, they go out to the car and turn on the radio to see if they can leave town. In the short story, they found out that the bird…