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At the end of the latter, the oceanic food web had undergone a period of upheaval due to extinction of considerable numbers of marine species; subsequently, the spread of marine mammals seems to have prevented seabirds from reaching their erstwhile diversity. [19] [needs update]
Seabirds, along with some Australian and Southern African landbirds such as the southern ground hornbill [72] or white-winged chough, [73] have the longest chick-rearing stage of any bird on earth. [1] It is not unusual for many seabirds to spend 3–4 months raising their chicks until they are able to fledge and forage independently.
Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio is a two volume book of scientific illustrations published by subscription between the years 1879 and 1886. [1] It was conceived by Genevieve Estelle Jones , who began work on the book in 1877 and was initially its principal illustrator.
The purpose of the floodway is to reduce flooding at and above Cairo, Illinois, and along the east bank levee opposite the floodway during a major flood. The floodway is between 3 miles (4.8 km) and 15 miles (24 km) wide and is bounded on the east by the 56 miles (90 km) frontline levee between Bird's Point, Missouri and New Madrid, Missouri ...
The northern cardinal is the state bird of Ohio. This list of birds of Ohio includes species documented in the U.S. state of Ohio and accepted by Ohio Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of November 2024, there were 451 species on the official list. [1]
Flooding was reported in parts of Clarksville, Tennessee, about 40 miles northwest of Nashville near the Kentucky border, early Saturday. Water rising up to property has recently been reported in ...
This was necessary because of the Miami Valley Flood Control Project and the Miami Conservancy District that was begun after the Great Dayton Flood (Dayton, Ohio) of March 1913. Many of the original houses of old Osborn still stand in Fairborn, Ohio, in the "Osborn Historic District". On January 1, 1950, Osborn and the neighboring town of ...
Some, like those in the warbler family, are similar to their cousins who nest in the Buckeye State. "There's 38 species total of warblers that breed in North America," Emmert said. "Of those, 25 ...