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    Bald eagles and peregrine falcons are both similar in numerous ways. The bald eagle and peregrine falcon are birds of prey that can both be found in North America. The bald eagle mainly feeds on fish while the peregrine falcon mainly feeds on other small birds. Bald eagles can mainly be found in the North America. There are about 70,000 bald eagles in North America, including Alaska and Canada. The bald eagle breeds in any American wetland habitat such as seacoasts, rivers, and lakes that have many fish in the vast open water areas. Whenever bald eagles look for areas for nesting they typically use forested habitats with many trees. The forested habitats are usually located away from human disturbance. Bald eagle nesting locations are protected…

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    Peregrine Falcon The peregrine falcon has a black cap, gray upperparts, pale throat and chest, and their tail is slim. Male peregrine weighs 1.7 LBS and the females weigh 3.3 LBS and both genders wingspan is about 4 ft. The peregrine falcon is a bird of prey because it has a deadly black and curved bill. The peregrine has sharp talons and bill to tear flesh of its prey. Peregrines will choose either to capture it and feed on it on ground or in air. When this birds hunts it uses is speed…

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    Although the peculiar children are terrified of the wights and their lesser, monstrous forms called hollows, they have enough courage together to fight for Miss Peregrine and each other. They will not go down without a fight. The line,“Taking over this town they should worry,” can be related to the fact that wights have immersed themselves into society; they are everywhere, in essence taking over the town (i.e. England, even though it is not a town). “Howling ghosts” are like the hollows. These…

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    Home For Peculiar Children

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    “Acute Stress Reaction”. Jacob staring getting twitchy and paranoid, he was bad at interacting with people to. Dr. Golan’s advice is for Jacob to go and check out the crime scene, when Jacob goes he takes his father and Aunt Susie to sort through his grandpa’s things. While sorting Jacob finds an old cigar box of his grandpa’s in it there are a lot of old photos of a contortionist, a set of twins and a little girl trapped in a bottle. Jacob soon turns Sixteen and for his birthday he gets a…

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    The Wart hated everybody, and decided to console in Merlyn, his tutor. He decided that he ought to have some education, Merlyn’s kind. Wart suggested that he would be turned into a bird, but since he couldn’t fly in the rain, he thought it would be best to become a Merlin in the mews of the castle. After Wart was turned into a Merlin, Merlyn delivered him to the mews. Merlyn told him he would be seated next to two friendly birds, Balan and Balin whom he could trust, he was also warned to be wary…

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    Bald Eagle Research Paper

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    many others are called birds of prey. Eagles, hawks, and falcons are three species of the numerous kinds of birds of prey. One kind of eagle is the bald eagle. The bald eagle is from the genus Haliaetus leucocephalus. The bald eagle's head, neck, and tail are white, and its body is dark brown. Its size is 30-43 inches tall, and its wingspan is 7-8 feet in length. The bald eagle usually lives around coasts, rivers, and mountains. It ranges from Alaska, Canada, to the south of the United States.…

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    over her emotions and the negatives of her powers like loss of control over her body unintentional mind control memories being seen by others in contact and strong anger and sadness. Miss peregrine helped her through this until her powers balanced out enough live with the children and not at the outskirts of the bog, even though she was provided with more than enough. Her father, Samuel Ophidian had a friend that was peculiar who miss peregrine took into her home. Suspicions had formed in…

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    swift bird glides high above you. It's a falcon. Its identity is revealed by its size and shape as it soars across the blue sky. Once the falcon reaches a certain point over the nearby lake, it tucks in its wings and drops down towards a flock of ducks. The ducks take notice of the falcon and begin to scatter. However, for one of the ducks, it was too late as the falcon pierces the duck's flesh with its razor-sharp claws. You stop, apparently taken by the scene to see what will follow next.…

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    “Periodic Table” by Primo Levi elaborates on the idea that one must make personal sacrifices in order to experience true fulfillment. Throughout the novel, he highlights on the challenges one faces while executing self-serving actions. While working in Milan, Levi withholds romantic feelings for his fellow co-worker, Giulia, due to his lack of taking risks. Rather than pursuing a relationship that would bring happiness for both himself and Giulia, he “[does] not return her embrace” as he fears…

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    Silvery flakes drifted downward, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird soared. Screeching loudly his call echoed in the night sky, flocks of blackbirds came to follow him. He is the king, the warrior , and a vicious beast. Though his army is weak and frail, his army is three times the size of his main rival; the whitehawks. The whitehawks are fierce and formidable, they strike alone but do dwell near each other during battles. With an army of 10,000 soldiers split…

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