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Sandgrouse have small, pigeon-like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes.
Red kite (Milvus milvus) in flight, showing remiges and rectrices. Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) [1] are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges (/ ˈ r ɛ m ɪ dʒ iː z /), singular remex (/ ˈ r iː m ɛ k s /), while those on the tail are called rectrices (/ ˈ r ɛ k t r ...
Rhopalomesites tardyi described in 1825 from specimens collected in Killarney by James Tardy. There are over 2,154 species of Coleoptera native to Ireland.These are disposed in 84 families.
A vibrant food scene (Fallen Feathers in hipster neighbourhood Trinity Bellwoods is getting people talking, as are the set menus at chef Eva Chin’s Yan Dining Room); the revitalised waterfront ...
Feather development occurs in the epidermal layer of the skin in birds.It is a complicated process involving many steps. Once the feathers are fully developed, there are six different types of feathers: contour, flight, down, filoplumes, semiplumes, and bristle feathers.
The adult male grows a wing ornament during the breeding season which consists of a broad secondary flight feather [4] on each wing elongated to up to 53.5 centimetres (21.1 in), [2] over twice the length of the bird's body. In normal flight, these feathers trail behind, but in display flight they are displayed like standards. [2]
Feather O' My Wing is an Irish fairy tale collected and published by Irish author Seumas MacManus. The tale belongs to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom as a subtype, with few variants reported across Europe and in Ireland.
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