Birds

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves , characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5.5 cm (2.2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have wings whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, …

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UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 November 2024 English

Andy Weaver led a life of quiet contemplation before becoming a father at the age of 42. Within three years he had two sons; two small, relentless disruptions to an …

the little birds, to the red birds, to the yellow birds, hell, let’s sing to all the birds, secret heroes3 shines among all things. We worry to watch the birds flitter, hatchling, nestling to fledgling and first In my fatherhood the walls have fallen, spring birds have returned, and I am lost in a divine confusion soothsayers who read what was written in the entrails of birds. We’re left to learn and relearn the anticipation knowing we cannot make the birds come, but we can walk, and so we walk. The birds are there or they are not


DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English

The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …

georgespaddled into the sun, the only sounds were birds in the trees and Dad’s swift breaking of the water


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

snow in the fall; relative numbers of particu- lar birds in a given location; flowering of certain plants;


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English

“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …

muskrats who might eat manoomin roots, chase away birds who might want to feast in the fields, and remove preparation for migration by the ducks, geese, and other birds. An Elder chosen by the commu- nity who has been species, including at least twenty-six species of birds, such as wood ducks, mallards, blackbirds, blue-winged


DDN: Dundurn Press · 5 November 2024 English

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

quite work out. We migrate to our new home like birds in the summer flocking north. The day we move into gods send an omen. Two loons, notoriously shy birds, perch together on the end of our dock, leaning living room that overlooks the lake. Loons, aquatic birds, are like elegant, oversized mallards dressed in


DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English

“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …

kimono feature hawk de- signs on their fabric. These birds have appeared in all types of mythology and are


NSP: New Society Publishers · 8 October 2024 English

Everyone's guide to using the power of science to produce healthier and tastier fruits and vegetables From garden to fork, Food Science for Gardeners is everyone's guide to optimizing the …

the yolk is affected by the feed given to the birds. A deep yellow pigment is due to beta-carotene,


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English

Oil workers are often typecast as rough: embodying the toxic masculinity, racism, consumerist excess, and wilful ignorance of the extractive industries and petrostates they work for. But their poetry troubles …

Elsewhens of Lindsay Bird’s Boom Time 127 Birds Migrate at Night, Mostly Unseen 143 Kelly Shepherd book includes six poems about oil: “To Oilsprings Birds of Passage” (111–12), “Answer to H.J. Nelson” (138–40) conclusion, which begins with a reading of the poem “Birds Migrate at Night, Mostly Unseen” by Kelly Shepherd


Invasive Species Council of BC · 26 September 2024 English

Fruits: The berries are globe to egg-shaped and can range from red to orange, or green depending on ripeness. [...] It can adapt to many conditions, from dry to flooded …

nightshade reproduces through seeds, often spread by birds. Each berry contains about 30 seeds. It also spreads through its berries when animals, particularly birds, eat them and disperse the seeds to new areas. The


Great Lakes United · 25 September 2024 English

This inconsistency in regulated species lists across the shared waters of the Great Lakes undermines the collective prevention efforts of the region, resulting in a “weakest link” problem, wherein the …

in the Central Region. Knowing which species of birds are present and or continually coming back year


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