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The thunderbird is said to create thunder by flapping its wings (Algonquian [2]), and lightning by flashing its eyes (Algonquian, Iroquois [3]).Across cultures, thunderbirds are generally depicted as birds of prey, or hybrids of humans and birds. [1]
They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." [58] The Hunger Games franchise depicts "mockingjays," mockingbirds hybridized with jabberjays, genetically engineered birds which could memorize and repeat entire human conversations. These birds appear throughout the series ...
Nebraska's state nickname was once the "Bugeater State" and its people were sometimes called "bugeaters" (presumably named after the common nighthawk). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 1 ] The Nebraska Cornhuskers college athletic teams were also briefly known the Bugeaters, before adopting their current name, also adopted by the state as a whole.
George Bernard Shaw described the play as "ostensibly a holiday entertainment for children but really a play for grown-up people", suggesting deeper social metaphors at work in Peter Pan. In 1907, it was parodied by H. G. Pélissier and The Follies at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in a sketch entitled Baffles or the Peterpan-tomime.
It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres (25 inches) in length and 1.47 kilograms (3.2 pounds) in weight, though up to 2 kg (4.4 lb) in the heaviest individuals. Although their typical lifespan is considerably shorter, common ...
A young eaglet can gain up to 170 g (6.0 oz) a day, the fastest growth rate of any North American bird. [46] The young eaglets pick up and manipulate sticks, play tug of war with each other, practice holding things in their talons, and stretch and flap their wings.
That made certain grown-up brands, like Tommy Hilfiger and Mulberry extra willing to do a Miffy collaboration. “That really started to make the fashion girlies take notice,” says Jackie DeMaio ...
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven U.S. states, more than any other species: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia; although in each case the particular state just refers to the bird as "cardinal". It was also a candidate to become the state bird of Delaware but lost to the Delaware Blue ...