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  2. Bird measurement - Wikipedia

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    Measuring the culmen. The upper margin of the beak or bill is referred to as the culmen.The measurement is taken using calipers with one jaw at the tip of the upper mandible and the other at the base of the bill (at the junction with the skull, a measurement called "total culmen") or where the feathers begin (a measurement called "exposed culmen").

  3. Bird ringing - Wikipedia

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    A box of equipment for measuring, weighing and ringing birds. Bird ringing (UK) or bird banding (US) is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification. This helps in keeping track of the movements of the bird and its life history.

  4. Black vulture - Wikipedia

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    Black vulture. The black vulture (Coragyps atratus), also known as the American black vulture, Mexican vulture, zopilote, urubu, or gallinazo, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Perú, Central Chile and Uruguay in South America. Although a common and widespread species, it has a ...

  5. Caruncle (bird anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical structures on the head and throat of a domestic turkey. 1. Caruncles, 2. Snood, 3. Wattle (dewlap), 4. Major caruncle, 5. Beard. A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'. [1] Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles (or dewlaps), combs, snoods, and earlobes.

  6. One Piece season 15 - Wikipedia

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    From there, they head off to Fishman Island. However, they end up facing Hordy Jones [a] who plots to use a coup d'état to take control of Fishman Island. The final four episodes contain an anime original story arc, called "Z's Ambition" (Zの野望編, Zetto no Yabō), which serves as a prologue to the concurrently released One Piece Film: Z.

  7. Geese found dead in Sacramento park pond with bird flu. Can ...

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    The dead birds were transported to the Wildlife Heath Lab in Rancho Cordova by a Sacramento resident who found them at William Land Regional Park. A test on three geese last week came back ...

  8. Goose pulling - Wikipedia

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    A man riding on horseback at a full gallop would attempt to grab the bird by the neck in order to pull the head off. [2] Sometimes a live hare was substituted. [3] It is still practiced today, using a dead goose or a dummy goose, in parts of Belgium as part of Shrove Tuesday and in some towns in Germany as part of the Shrove Monday celebrations ...

  9. Taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    Taxidermy. Primate and pachyderm taxidermy at the Rahmat International Wildlife Museum & Gallery, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia. Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal 's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study. Animals are often, but not always, portrayed in a lifelike state.