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The underlying color is a "flat, purplish blue". That color is modified by carotenoids to aquamarine in healthy birds. Carotenoids also act as antioxidants and stimulants for the blue-footed booby's immune function, suggesting that carotenoid pigmentation is an indicator of an individual's immunological state.
In 25 studies from throughout the range, mean nest tree height was 18.2 m (60 ft) (lowest mean from Florida where it was 5.9 m (19 ft); the highest from Oregon where it was 28 m (92 ft)), mean nest tree diameter was 65.7 cm (25.9 in) (thinnest mean in Saskatchewan at 47.4 cm (18.7 in); thickest in Washington at 106 cm (42 in)), while the mean ...
The common loon is the provincial bird of Ontario and is depicted on the Canadian one-dollar coin, which has come to be known affectionately as the "loonie". [43] The common loon is the official state bird of Minnesota. [44] Mercer, Wisconsin, promotes itself as the "Loon Capital of the World". [45]
The black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia), also known as the American magpie, is a bird in the corvid family found in the western half of North America.It is black and white, with the wings and tail showing black areas and iridescent hints of blue and blue-green.
The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
Waukesha, a western suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has an annual Christmas parade downtown. [10] [11] In 2020, the parade was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [12]The 2021 parade, the 58th annual event, featured more than 60 entries and had the theme "Comfort and Joy".
Christmas Tree Shops (also known as Christmas Tree Shops andThat!, or simply andThat! ) was an American chain of big-box specialty retail stores, headquartered in Middleborough, Massachusetts . At its peak, the chain operated 72 stores in 20 U.S. states , primarily in the Northeast . [ 2 ]
The eastern mourning dove (Z. m. carolinensis) is Wisconsin's official symbol of peace. [46] The bird is also Michigan's state bird of peace. [47] The mourning dove appears as the Carolina turtle-dove on plate 286 of Audubon's Birds of America. [19] References to mourning doves appear frequently in Native American literature.