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Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. [1] Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds. [2]
An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, punctuation, word boundaries, capitalization, hyphenation, and emphasis.. Most national and international languages have an established writing system that has undergone substantial standardization, thus exhibiting less dialect variation than the spoken language.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a member-supported [1] unit of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, which studies birds and other wildlife.It is housed in the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity in Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary.
The Ornithological Dictionary is George Montagu's best-known work, and the one that established his reputation as a pioneer of British ornithology. [2] [3] He compiled the book at his home Knowle House, near Kingsbridge in Devon. [3]
The history of Dutch orthography covers the changes in spelling of Dutch both in the Netherlands itself and in the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in Belgium.Up until the 18th century there was no standardization of grammar or spelling.
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature was winner of the 2013 National Academies Communication Award for Best Book, [4] finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, [5] runner-up for the 2013 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, [6] winner of the 2012 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature, and the 2013 Reed Environmental Writing Award. [7]
Chronophotography of a European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in flight at Pfyn-Finges, Switzerland. Chronophotography is defined as "a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for the purpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of motion". [1]
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